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45 Arrested At Yale University Over Student Protests On War In Gaza 45 Arrested At Yale University Over Student Protests On War In Gaza
45 Arrested At Yale University Over Student Protests On War In Gaza Police arrested some 45 protesting the war in Gaza at Yale University after refusing to leave the campus. The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m., Monday, April 22, in Beinecke Plaza at Yale University in New Haven. According to Officer Christian Bruckhart of the New Haven Police, officers responded to assist the Yale Police Department regarding a protest in the Beinecke Plaza area.  The protesters were told to leave the property or face arrest. Approximately 45 people refused to leave and were charged by Yale officers with criminal trespass, Bruckhart said. They were transported to a…
Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82
Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Joe Lieberman, who represented Connecticut in the US Senate for more than two decades and ran alongside Al Gore during his historically unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2000, has died at the age of 82. The Democrat-turned-Independent died Wednesday, March 27, in New York after suffering complications from a fall, according to NBC News. "Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest," the outlet quoted his family as saying. News of his death sparked a flood of tributes from across the political spectrum. A…
Paul Giamatti Wins Critics Choice Award For Film Set In Mass Boarding School Paul Giamatti Wins Critics Choice Award For Film Set In Mass Boarding School
Paul Giamatti Wins Critics Choice Award For Film Set In Mass Boarding School An actor from Connecticut took home an award for best actor at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for his role as a teacher at a Massachusetts boarding school, and he spoke on his newfound internet fame. “Wow, guys, I didn’t think my week could get any better than going viral for eating a cheeseburger,” New Haven native Paul Giamatti jokingly said in his acceptance speech on Sunday, Jan. 14. The 56-year-old actor also won an award at the Golden Globes for his part in “The Holdovers” and then went viral for a photo of himself eating at an In-N-Out Burger joint. Giamatti played a longtime teac…
Yale Condemns  Desecration Of Menorah On New Haven Green Yale Condemns  Desecration Of Menorah On New Haven Green
Yale Condemns Desecration Of Menorah On New Haven Green City officials and Yale University are speaking out after a masked man climbed a public menorah on the New Haven Green and put a Palestinian flag on the structure. Video of the incident shows a protester dressed in black scaling the menorah and sticking a Palestinian flag on one of the candleholders. Several people, who appear to be fellow protesters, can also be seen and heard telling the person to take the flag down. Related: UPenn President Resigns After Backlash Over Congressional Testimony Three other people are heard saying, “Get down!” and "It looks bad for us,” as the prote…
Conan O'Brien Finds Some Friends In Central Mass; Redeems Himself At Pizzeria Conan O'Brien Finds Some Friends In Central Mass; Redeems Himself At Pizzeria
Conan O'Brien Finds Some Friends In Central Mass; Redeems Himself At Pizzeria Comedian and former late-night television host Conan O'Brien recently surprised students and staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute when he visited the university earlier this week.  A lucky fan took a photo with the host of the popular "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" podcast and shared it on social media.  Conan sighting at WPI yestetday pic.twitter.com/hTGh1Ukb1h — Worcester Airport (@FlyOrh) March 29, 2023 The photo is undated, but Worcester School Committee member Jermoh Kamara tweeted that O'Brien was at WPI on Tuesday, March 28, and happily took pictures with a few students as h…
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian David McCullough Dies In Massachusetts Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian David McCullough Dies In Massachusetts
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian David McCullough Dies In Massachusetts Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, David McCullough, died at the age of 89, on Sunday, August 7, according to his family.  He was surrounded by his five children in Hingham, Massachusetts, at the time of his passing, his family says.  "The McCullough family is very appreciative of the support during this difficult time and the support of his many readers throughout the years." His wife Rosalee Ingram Barnes McCullough, 89, had passed less than two months prior on June 9, according to her obituary.  The two met when she went to visit a friend in Pittsburgh in 1951, they marri…
COVID-19: CT Cancer Patient Has Been Infected With Virus At Least 471 Days, Case Study Says COVID-19: CT Cancer Patient Has Been Infected With Virus At Least 471 Days, Case Study Says
Covid-19: CT Cancer Patient Has Been Infected With Virus At Least 471 Days, Case Study Says A Connecticut resident experienced a chronic COVID-19 infection for at least 471 days, researchers reported. Researchers from Yale University found that a patient, who is diagnosed with lymphoma, has been testing positive for the virus for at least 471 days and that the virus rapidly mutated during their infection, according to the Daily Mail. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, can be found here. Researchers reported that their surveillance system captured 30 nasal swabs from the unnamed individual, and sequenced COVID-19 genomes from day 79 through 471, which was between Feb…
Cause Of Death Revealed For Ex-Yale Football Star Who Died During Navy SEAL Hell Week Training Cause Of Death Revealed For Ex-Yale Football Star Who Died During Navy SEAL Hell Week Training
Cause Of Death Revealed For Ex-Yale Football Star Who Died During Navy SEAL Hell Week Training The cause of death has been revealed for a former Yale University football standout and Navy SEAL candidate who died during "Hell Week" training in February. Kyle Mullen, age 24, of Manalapan, New Jersey, died as a result of pneumonia during the training at Naval Base Coronado in California, his mom tells NJ Advance Media citing an autopsy report from the  Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Mullen, who played defensive end for Yale where he was team captain in 2018, was unable to stand or walk on his own and wheelchair bound before he died, and had been coughing and spitting up red-tinged flui…
Missing Yale University Employee Found Dead On Long Island Shoreline Missing Yale University Employee Found Dead On Long Island Shoreline
Missing Yale University Employee Found Dead On Long Island Shoreline The body of a 44-year-old Yale University employee was located on the Long Island shoreline nearly three months after he was reported missing.  Anton Sovetov's body was found on Saturday, April 30, the university announced on Wednesday, May 4. The university said Sovetov's cause of death is under investigation by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Yale and New Haven police departments are also assisting police in Suffolk County with the investigation into Sovetov’s disappearance, the university said.  “We will continue to do all we can in the face of this ter…
$10K Reward Offered For Information That Helps Find Missing Yale Employee $10K Reward Offered For Information That Helps Find Missing Yale Employee
$10K Reward Offered For Information That Helps Find Missing Yale Employee A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that helps police find a Yale University employee who has been missing for about two months. Anton Sovetov, a 44-year-old graphic designer in the Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications, was last in touch with colleagues on Friday, Feb. 4, the university said. He was then seen on video leaving the Elm City Market on Chapel Street in New Haven and walking toward his apartment just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5. He was reported missing to police on Wednesday, Feb. 9, the university reported. On Friday, April 1, Yale announ…
Yale University Worker Has Been Missing For More Than Three Weeks Yale University Worker Has Been Missing For More Than Three Weeks
Yale University Worker Has Been Missing For More Than Three Weeks Law enforcement officials in Connecticut are continuing their search for a missing Yale employee who hasn't been seen in more than three weeks. Yale and New Haven police are continuing their search for missing Yale University employee, Anton Sovetov, and are seeking the public’s help in finding him, said college officials.  Sovetov, age 44, a graphic designer who lives in New Haven and works in the Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications has been missing since approximately Friday, Feb. 4, when he was last in touch with colleagues, said Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins. “The Y…
Former Yale Star Dies During Navy SEAL 'Hell Week' Training Former Yale Star Dies During Navy SEAL 'Hell Week' Training
Former Yale Star Dies During Navy SEAL 'Hell Week' Training A Navy SEAL candidate who died during "Hell Week" training over the weekend has been identified as a 24-year-old former Yale football player. Kyle Mullen, of Manalapan, New Jersey — who joined the military last year — reportedly died in an underwater demolition class in California on Friday, while a second candidate was hospitalized. “We are all saddened by the unfortunate passing of Kyle Mullen. As a member of our 2019 championship team, he will be... Posted by Monmouth University Athletics on Sunday, February 6, 2022 The former Manalapan High School football standout went on to play …
COVID-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning COVID-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning
Covid-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning A pediatrician who is an expert on disease and vaccine development is sounding the alarm about the ability of schools to resume in-person learning during the height of the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked by a surge of cases from the highly contagious Omicron variant. Connecticut native Dr. Peter Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. "Here's the problem," Hotez said in an interview on MSNBC Wednesday morning, Dec. 29. "We're kind of going off ol…
COVID-19: Yale University Goes Remote As Cases Increase, Will Require Boosters COVID-19: Yale University Goes Remote As Cases Increase, Will Require Boosters
Covid-19: Yale University Goes Remote As Cases Increase, Will Require Boosters Yale University has moved final exams online amid concerns about the recent increase in COVID-19 cases. In a message to undergraduate students on Saturday, Dec. 18, university officials said the decision was made to allow students to return home early if they wish. "While Yale has not experienced the same increase in COVID rates as some other universities, we know that many of you are concerned about remaining on campus during the finals period," the letter, signed by officials reads. "Although the risk of transmission during in-person examinations is small, we want you to be able to go hom…
Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale
Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale Investigations are underway after bomb threats have led to evacuations on three Ivy League campuses on Sunday, Nov. 7, multiple news outlets are reporting. Columbia University in New York City, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, were all evacuated on Sunday afternoon due to bomb threats, ABC News said. NBC New York reported that Columbia University confirmed that it had received the threats at about 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. New York City Police Department deemed the threats not credible later that day, the university reported. UPDATE:…
Multiple Bomb Threats Reported At Yale Campus Multiple Bomb Threats Reported At Yale Campus
Multiple Bomb Threats Reported At Yale Campus Several buildings at Yale University in New Haven were evacuated after multiple bomb threats were reported on campus, officials announced. An alert sent out by the school said that the university has received calls about bombs being placed in multiple buildings on its New Haven campus. University Theatre, Jonathan Edwards College, the Yale Art Gallery, Vanderbilt Hall, Bingham Hall, Welch Hall, and Grace Hopper were all evacuated at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, and people have been advised to avoid those areas. Old Campus was temporarily blocked off to traffic and pedestrian…
Yale Student Matt Amodio's Jeopardy! Win Streak Ends At 38 Games Yale Student Matt Amodio's Jeopardy! Win Streak Ends At 38 Games
Yale Student Matt Amodio's Jeopardy! Win Streak Ends At 38 Games After 38 consecutive wins, Yale University Ph.D. student Matt Amodio's Jeopardy! streak has come to an end. Amodio placed third in a game on Monday, Oct. 11, ending his record-breaking run. Congrats to today's two brilliant challengers for making it an exciting game of #Jeopardy today! Let's celebrate a match well played by Jonathan and Jessica! — Matt Amodio (@AmodioMatt) October 12, 2021 Only one other contestant has won more consecutive games than Amodio: Ken Jennings, who won 74 consecutive games, Jeopardy! said in an announcement. “To see myself on this stage at all was an honor,…
Police Investigate Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti At Yale University Police Investigate Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti At Yale University
Police Investigate Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti At Yale University An investigation has been launched at Yale University after two separate instances of anti-Semitic and racially charged graffiti that were discovered at a construction site on campus. The Yale Police Department launched an investigation into anti-Semitic and racist graffiti that were reportedly spray-painted inside the construction site for Kline Biology Tower in New Haven County, which has been closed since work began at the site, according to Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins. Higgins said that on Monday, Sept. 20, members of the construction crew working in the area found the graffiti sp…
Yale University Student Is Latest Jeopardy! Star, Hauling In $1 Million In 28-Day Win Streak Yale University Student Is Latest Jeopardy! Star, Hauling In $1 Million In 28-Day Win Streak
Yale University Student Is Latest Jeopardy! Star, Hauling In $1 Million In 28-Day Win Streak A Yale University Ph.D. student is the latest Jeopardy! star after earning more than $1 million in a 28-day winning streak. Matt Amodio is only the third person in the history of the game show to win more than $1 million in regular-season play. I've felt such tremendous support from the #Jeopardy community, I feel like we're on this run together as a team. Thank you! ❤️(...but no, I'm not splitting the 💵 amongst us all a million ways, sorry about that...) — Matt Amodio (@AmodioMatt) September 25, 2021 As of Friday, Sept. 24, Amodio won a total of $1,004,000. "I had this as way beyond …
Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama
Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama United States Marshals have arrested a man believed to be responsible for the February shooting death of a Yale grad student in Connecticut.  Qinxuan Pan, age 29, an MIT researcher, was arrested on Friday, May 14, in Montgomery, Alabama, US Marshals said. They did not say where in Montgomery he was found.  Pan is the prime suspect in the shooting death of Kevin Jiang, age 26, who was shot to death on Lawrence Street between Nicoll and Nash streets in New Haven on Saturday, Feb. 6. Jiang was a second-year master’s student at the Yale School of the Environment and was set to graduate this y…
COVID-19: Yale To Require Students Get Vaccinated Before Fall Semester COVID-19: Yale To Require Students Get Vaccinated Before Fall Semester
Covid-19: Yale To Require Students Get Vaccinated Before Fall Semester Students returning to campus at Yale University next fall will be required to get vaccinated before heading back to the classroom. With its intention of fully reopening the college to full in-person learning in the fall, Yale, located in New Haven, announced that anyone returning to campus for the 2021-2022 school year must be vaccinated, barring specific religious or health concerns. Last week, Christine Chen, the Chief of Student Health at Yale announced that the university had procured enough doses to vaccinate all students before the current semester concludes. For students currently …
Zoom, Other Video Conferencing Services May Have This Downside, Study Says Zoom, Other Video Conferencing Services May Have This Downside, Study Says
Zoom, Other Video Conferencing Services May Have This Downside, Study Says Zoom and other video conference services may not be as much of an environmentally-friendly alternative to in-person meetings as many people assumed, according to a new study. But there’s a simple trick to make video conferencing even greener - turn off your camera. Despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still presents a “significant environmental impact” due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world, according to a study by Purdue University, Yale University, and the Massachus…
Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student
Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student A Yale University graduate student who was killed after being shot multiple times may have been targeted and police are investigating if the killing was an act of road rage. Kevin Jiang, age 26, who lived in West Haven, was shot to death on Lawrence Street between Nicoll Street and Nash Street Saturday, Feb. 6. During a press conference on Monday, Feb. 8, New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes said Jiang was familiar with the neighborhood where he was killed, and that a vehicle was involved in the incident. He declined to offer additional details of the crime but did say detectives had …
COVID-19: Johnson & Johnson Releases Trial Results For One-Dose Vaccine COVID-19: Johnson & Johnson Releases Trial Results For One-Dose Vaccine
Covid-19: Johnson & Johnson Releases Trial Results For One-Dose Vaccine Some relief may be on the way for the millions of people awaiting their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson has been developing a single-dose vaccine for COVID-19, which has an efficacy rate of approximately 72 percent, potentially bringing another provider into the mix as vaccines for the virus have become a valuable and scarce commodity. If it is ultimately approved by federal health officials, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would join Pfizer and Moderna on the market, both of which require two doses administered approximately three weeks apart. However, the ef…
Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up
Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up Zoom and other video conference calls may not be as much of an environmentally-friendly alternative to in-person meetings as many people assumed, according to a new study. But there’s a simple trick to make video conferencing even greener - turn off your camera. Despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still presents a “significant environmental impact” due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world, according to a study by Purdue University, Yale University, and the Massachusett…
Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy
Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy The Connecticut AG is calling the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Yale's alleged discrimination against white and Asian-American people “politically motivated,” “offensive” and a “complete overreach.” On Thursday, Oct. 8, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit against Yale University alleging its admission policies are racist for seeking to racially “balance” the university’s population. Many colleges and universities create diversity recruitment goals in an effort to bolster equity. “The [Trump] Administration has fully embraced its racist mantle as the last gasp of this fai…
Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings
Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings The five highest-ranked schools in U.S. News & World Report Top 40 National Universities Rankings are all in the Northeast. The top five schools of the rating consist of: Princeton University, first  Harvard University, second;  Columbia University, third; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth (tied); Yale University fourth (tied). These rankings, which have been published for the last 36 years, are devised using seventeen different factors, including: graduation rates retention rates after the first year of study social mobility academic reputation, per an ass…
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place.  Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…