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The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University.

The content of the magazine and its website is the responsibility of the editors and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers.

July/August 2011
Volume 74, Number 6

Credits, from top: ©Mark Ostow, ©Gregory Nemec, and ©Michael Sloan.

Feature stories:

The Heart of the Matter
Cardiologist Harlan Krumholz is diagnosing what works and what doesn’t. His patient: the American health care system.
by Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL

Confusion and Silence
A civil rights complaint alleges that Yale’s policies on sexual assault leave victims unsure where to turn.
by  Nicole Allan ’09

What Can We Say?
The fraternity chants that helped launch a federal investigation raise an old question: is it ever right for Yale to suppress or punish speech?
by Gaddis Smith ’54, ’61PhD

Commencement 2011

Baccalaureate Address
by Richard C. Levin ’74PhD
President Levin urges graduating seniors to pursue their passions.

First Person
New grads—and one dean—share their memories.

Hats Off
A parade of embellished mortarboards.

Special online content for this issue of the print magazine includes:

Alumni photos of Yalies serving their communities (See “Volunteers in Pinstripes.”)

A slide show of interviews with 2011 graduates (See “First Person.”)

 

 

Our website also features:

06520, a blog with daily updates tracking Yale and its alumni

The Yalie of the Week —an alum who has been making headlines, whether for better or for worse

from the editor
The theory and practice of lux et veritas.

letters
Readers weigh in on Yale hockey, the premature deaths of male African American Yalies, and Singapore’s first liberal arts college: Yale-NUS.

light & verity
+  TD’s portrait of Master T
+  The winner of our Yale Day of Service photo contest
+  Kissinger trove donated to Yale
+  NCAA Public Recognition Awards
+  Yale Institute of Sacred Music flash mob
+  Yale Digital Commons: 24/7 access to the university’s treasures
+  Naval ROTC is coming back
+  Campus Clips
+  Yale closes anti-Semitism research institute
+  Major new literature prize established at Yale
+  Directed Studies for grown-ups
+  Updates
+  Quoted

milestones
+  Inventor of anti-HIV drug dies.
+  More news of Yale people

where they are now
The man who made Louisville a hot destination for Yale undergrads.

scene on campus
Break time at Myrtle Beach.

old yale
Two months in the Civil War.

q&a: rick levin
Yale president Richard Levin ’74PhD discusses two new residential colleges.

findings
+  A “brainy” gene
+  Does a “Do not resuscitate” order lead to inferior hospital care?
+  How to drive a computer crazy
+  Bright lights, big money
+  Noted

arts & culture
+  When marginal opinions helped shaped the law
+  The “quote by Martin Luther King Jr.” that wasn’t
+  Books by Yale authors
+  Calendar
+  Yalie novelists suggest summer reads

sporting life
A baseball player’s redemption and other spring highlights.

news from alumni house
Yale Alumni Service Corps trips to the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

the yale classifieds
Because everyone deserves a break … vacation getaways.

school notes
News from Yale’s graduate and professional schools.

deaths

last look
9/11, as seen by an artist.

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