Yale hopes to introduce the liberal arts to Asia This Monday, Yale University announced its initiative to create a new liberal arts college to be located in Singapore. The new university, to be called Yale-N.U.S. College, would be the first of its kind for the American university and would ideally ...
In Wednesday’s State of the College address, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz projected cheerful confidence as he outlined the College’s current financial situation in light of the recent economic crisis and discussed plans for the future. Liebowitz noted that in the two years since ...
Since its inception in 2007, the Middlebury willow project has been running according to plan. The first harvest and testing of willow trees as a sustainable fuel source for the biomass gasification plant will happen this coming December. The biomass gasification plant, which uses wood chips as fuel, ...
On Sept. 13, a record number of students came to Dana Auditorium where they attended Senior Meetings. 661 students attended the three sessions at 12:30 p.m, 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. — an increase of 94 students over the same number last year. This is the first time Senior Meetings have been attended ...
BUENOS AIRES — I seem to understand my host family a little better every day. Sometimes they come to me with English questions, and they have even asked me about things on eBay. I have been to some unforgettable places here in Argentina, and I’ve eaten at some stellar restaurants, but most of ...
The national tragedy that rocked the world nine years ago was commemorated in an event organized by the College Republicans and the College Democrats on Sept. 10-11. On Friday, a group of students from both organizations planted 3,033 American flags on the lawn in front of Mead Chapel, one for each ...
As part of an administrative restructuring taking place this year, Commons deans will now report to Commons heads, as opposed to directly to the Dean of the College, as was previously the case. Part of the liberal arts mission has always been to integrate campus life with education in the classroom, ...
As part of an effort to further integrate the College’s sustainability goals with the everyday workings of student life, the Office of Sustainability Integration created the Residential Sustainability Coordinator (RSC) program, an initiative designed to educate students even more about sustainability. The ...
The offices of Career Services, Student Fellowships and Health Professions and Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE) have all moved under one roof into Adirondack House and joined together to become The Center for Education in Action: Careers, Fellowships and Civic Engagement (EIA). Lisa Gates, associate ...
Cornell University economist Francine D. Blau will deliver the fall 2010 David K. Smith lecture entitled “The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going, Going … But Not Gone” on Wednesday, Sept. 29th at 4:30 p.m. in the Twilight auditorium. Blau’s lecture will address a range of issues regarding the earnings ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate convened for the first time this past Sunday at a brief meeting in their Crest Room chamber. With no set agenda the President provided introductions; his cabinet gave fleeting details of their intended plans, and were thus unanimously ratified; senators ...
Florida is underwater. People are standing on their roofs calling for help. In some areas the water has risen to 18 feet above the ground. 17 million people have been affected. 2,000 people have died. 700,000 people have been forced into makeshift camps after being displaced from their homes. This ...
NAIROBI — In Kenya, staring is okay. Actually, it is welcomed. In the U.S., if you rest your eyes on a stranger for longer than the duration of a flash of lightening you risk being identified as a psychopath. You have to be stealth: sneak a glance, wait a second, steal another glimpse. But Kenyans ...
Average SAT scores remain steady According to a report released on Monday, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam remained steady this year, in contrast to the falling trend of the past five years. The score remained stable in spite of the record number of students and minority students ...
Congratulations to this year's summer photo contest winner, Petra Smitková (you can see her winning photo here). Petra's photo was chosen from over 100 images submitted by 47 students. Check out the full gallery after the jump.
Administrators have enacted a major strategic realignment of responsibilities in recent months as part of an ongoing effort to integrate academics and student life on campus. Though most of the changes became effective July 1, many remain in transition as areas of administrative oversight shift. President ...
In April 2006, the Human Relations Committee, chaired by Dean of Students Gus Jordan and consisting of staff, faculty and student members, submitted a 44-page report to President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz. The report set out to examine diversity issues across every facet of the College, from ...
On Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m., only two days after the new first-years filed into Mead Chapel for Convocation, the pews filled once again with students, faculty, staff and community members to welcome a special guest: critically acclaimed fiction writer Ian McEwan. The English author gave a reading of his ...