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YaleNews | Yale project on ancient Mesopotamia makes the ‘esoteric’ more accessible
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Yale project on ancient Mesopotamia makes the ‘esoteric’ more accessible. By Bess Connolly Martell. April 10, 2015. Analyzing ancient texts on cuneiform, or clay tablets, may seem like an esoteric endeavor. Not so, say the scholars working on the Yale Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP). They argue that these are just some of the first traces of a tradition that is prevalent throughout history and in our modern world today. Frahm noted that analyzing these...
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YaleNews | Yale Commencement 2015: Stories, videos, and more
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Yale Commencement 2015: Stories, videos, and more. May 11, 2015. Yale celebrated its 314th graduation on May 18 following a weekend that included speeches, prize presentations, senior class antics, and the awarding of honorary degrees, among other activities. 2015 Baccalaureate Address: Repair the World! Video: Yale College Class of 2015 Baccalaureate Service. Slideshow: Scenes from the Baccalaureate. Video: Yale College Class Day exercises 2015. Graduate S...
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YaleNews | Chronicles of disaster: Hiroshima in the Yale University Library archives
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Chronicles of disaster: Hiroshima in the Yale University Library archives. August 5, 2015. On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, destroying the city and killing tens of thousands of people. Three days later, a second bomb exploded over Nagasaki. Averill A. Liebow, a professor of pathology at the Yale School of Medicine, was a member of a military joint commission assigned to assess the biological and medical effects of the bombing...
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YaleNews | Obamamania in Kenya: the view from Nairobi
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Obamamania in Kenya: the view from Nairobi. August 3, 2015. Eddie Mandhry is the director for Africa in the Yale Office of International Affairs,. Where he is responsible for supporting. The university's Africa initiatives. Yale alumnus Dr. Patrick Njoroge ’93 Ph.D., governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, stated, The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015 and President Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya have the potential to be transformative. The s...This visit wa...
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YaleNews | Book: Fairfield County Chef’s Table
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Book: Fairfield County Chef’s Table. May 13, 2014. YaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email. Fairfield County Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Connecticut’s Gold Coast. Associate director of new media at the Yale School of Management. Book: Web Style Guide.
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YaleNews | The Nakanishi Prize
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. May 17, 2015. The Nakanishi Prize is awarded to two graduating seniors who, while maintaining high academic achievement, have provided exemplary leadership in enhancing race or ethnic relations at Yale College. This year’s prize is awarded to Austin Li Long of Calhoun College David Duong Nguyen of Berkeley College. For his many contributions to race and ethnic relations at Yale College, Yale is honored to bestow the Nakanishi Prize upon Austin Li Long.
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YaleNews | American Revolution history made tangible in Yale collections
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. American Revolution history made tangible in Yale collections. By Amy Athey McDonald. June 30, 2015. The American Revolution in Yale collections. John Trumbull, "The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," ca. 1786, oil on canvas, Yale University Art Gallery, Trumbull Collection, 1832.3. Paul Revere, "Salt," ca. 1768-1770, silver. Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, 1930.961. From the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: Robyn...
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YaleNews | Business, Law, Society
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. Yale and Tata Group form research alliance. Yale University and the Tata group have launched a far-ranging research collaboration that builds on their shared strengths in discovery, technology, and innovation. The alliance will be led at Yale by Nicholas Christakis ’84, co-director of the Yale Institute for Network Science and the Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social and Natural Science. The New York Times. August 29, 2016. Yale do...
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YaleNews | Photos
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway lead the academic procession into Woolsey Hall. Holloway's talk was titled "On Being a Citizen at Yale.". Salovey spoke on "Countering False Narratives.". One of the many unique offerings at the reception. Salovey chats with two new students. Holloway greets a student and her family. The President, on bass, joins Stacy Phillips and His Bluegrass Characters for a tune. Staff Appreciation Day 2016.
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YaleNews | Science & Health
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Business, Law, Society. Business, Law, Society. First person: Applying the lessons of the Holocaust to a medical education. Yale School of Medicine student Priscilla Wang spent two weeks this summer in Europe learning about medical ethics as a fellow in the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics program. Yale doctors confront an opiate crisis in the city and a bad night in the ED. August 30, 2016. August 29, 2016. James Mayer named the Charlotte Fitch Roberts Professor of Chemistry.
