November/December 2004
More Change in Yale's Top Ranks For the third time in two years, a top Yale administrator has been chosen to lead another elite university.
Why Yale Favors its Own Last August, President Bush said the practice of giving legacies --children of alumni --an edge in college admissions should be abolished. Rick Levin discusses Yale's policy.
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Kicking Rhymes in the 18th Century What might you expect upon entering an eighteenth-century drawing room? There'd be coffee, there'd be tea, and there just might be rap. |
A-B-C, Easy as P-h-D
When considering the liminality and multiple personae inherent in Annie Leibowitz's photographic portrait of Michael Jackson, the "Man in a Mirror" singer, literally standing amidst a bunch of mirrors, how can we miss the significance of the tain of the mirror? This and other academic koans were debated at a scholarly conference in September titled "Regarding Michael Jackson: Performing Racial, Gender, and Sexual Difference Center Stage."
Physician-Scientists Fight Malpractice Costs Yale and other medical schools are having trouble hiring physician-scientists-- who split their time between research and clinical practice-- as annual malpractice insurance premiums in some states run to six figures.
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