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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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When Men Were Men and Football Was Brutal
In the late 1800s, football was a blood sport, and the Yale-Harvard game was an annual national scandal. Yale captain Frank Hinkey was the most dangerous player of all.

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Yale and the Next Superpower
What Rick Levin wants from China--and what China wants from Yale.

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Yale in Light in Shadow
A photographer finds the essential and the elegant in Yale's architecture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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