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The Flip: How Justin Elicker Unseated New Haven’s Incumbent Mayor
Elicker’s proposed antidote? “My goal was to go everywhere, especially where I was least well known.”
Activists Take the Field at The Game
A stop-motion video of the activists taking the field at the annual Harvard Yale football face-off.
Diet Change to Fight Climate Change: Meatless Mondays at Yale
The Huffington Post lists eating less meat as the “single most effective action you can take to combat climate change.” Those concerned with these issues have begun to develop a variety of plant-based meats. The growing prevalence of these products on Yale’s campus and elsewhere are starting conversations about food sustainability, animal cruelty, and global hunger.
The Hidden Curriculum: First-Generation, Low-Income Students Tackle Yale’s Invisible Hurdles
Knowing what office hours are, or how to write professional emails, are never taught but are something that you’re supposed to be able to figure out.
Pierson’s Pioneers: Reflections on 50 Years of Coeducation
“It was the first year, so we had to take our knocks because we were the pioneers.”
“Classic” Yale Classes
While popularity undoubtedly contributes to the mythos of “classic” Yale classes, that alone is not a sufficient metric.
Two re-namings, two defaults. How and how not to use history and public memory at Yale
“No donor is pure, but Yale’s acceptance of this donor and donation was unnecessary”