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Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied...
Yale University is the third oldest college in the country, founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in New Haven, CT. It is one of eight "Ivy League" schoolsfounded as an athletic conference but now associated with academic excellence, super-competitive admissions and a culture of elitism. Several U.S. presidentsincluding George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush are Yale graduates. The number of students applying to Yale goes up each year, along with the number of applicants turned away. Just 9 percent of the 21,000 students who applied for the freshman class of 2006-2007 got in. Yale's professional schools, in art, architecture, law, forestry and environmental studies, business and medicine are top-rated programs in their field. The Yale Law School has turned out judges, presidents and heads of state, including President Bill Clinton, New York senator Hillary Clinton and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Yale School of Drama has left a comparable mark on the entertainment industry. Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep and Henry Winkler are all graduates. After Harvard, Yale has the second largest college endowment in the country, at nearly $23 billion. Yale and its affiliated teaching hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, are the top two employers in New Haven. Its combined libraries hold 12 million books. Yale has 3,400 faculty members; 5,300 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students.
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JetBlue Pilot to Plead Insanity in Mid-Air Meltdown
KTLA NewsAMARILLO, Texas -- A JetBlue pilot whose midair meltdown prompted a cross-country flight to make an emergency landing last month will plead he was insane at the time of the incident. A lawyer representing pilot Clayton Osbon filed a federal court...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Israel, Health, 360 (movie), New York City Police Department
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Yale Coed Killer Sentenced in Murder of Annie Le
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Yale University lab technician was sentenced to 44-years in prison in the murder of graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a wall of a research lab on what was to be her wedding day in 2009.
Raymond Clark IIIwas accused of...Tags: Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Murder, DNA
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"All My Children" Actor James Mitchell Dies at 89
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- James Mitchell, who played patriarch Palmer Cortland on the soap opera "All My Children" for nearly three decades has died, according to his longtime partner Albert Wolsky. Mitchell died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Health, Music Theater, Los Angeles, Children, Celebrities
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College Student Jumps to Death From Empire State Building
KTLA NewsNEW YORK -- A 21-year-old student at Yale University plunged to his death in an apparent suicide jump off the Empire State Building during the evening rush hour. The man, identified as 21-year old Cameron Dabaghi from Austin, Texas, jumped from the...Tags: Texas, Suicide, Empire State Building, Colleges and Universities
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Tylenol Could Soon Require a Prescription
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. The Food and Drug...Tags: Health, Acetaminophen (drug), Percocet (drug), Johnson & Johnson Inc., Prescription Drugs
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Hartford Experiment Along For Ride As SpaceX's 'Dragon' Makes History
The Hartford CourantFriday turned out to be a joyous "berth"-day for commercial space flight and the Hartford school team with a science experiment aboard SpaceX's Dragon. At 9:56 a.m., for the first time in history, the International Space Station linked with a private...Tags: Science, SpaceX, Satellite Technology, University of Hartford, Education
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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, AP study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive...
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Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their... -
'Race For The Cure' Support For Komen Is Sharply Down After Planned Parenthood Flap
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Curesaid Tuesday that it's seeing a sharp drop in donations and in the number of participants for the June 2 Race for the Cure in Hartford — most likely because of the national Komen organization's...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Health, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Finance, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Festival keys in on piano music
Music festivals typically invite listeners to regard familiar pieces in different contexts and perspectives, seek out musical connections between scores, and discover new things about works they may have long taken for granted. That is as good a...
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Barbara Walters Tells Yale Grads: Don't Just Watch Life Go By
The Hartford CourantNEW HAVEN — President Barack Obama recently told broadcast journalist Barbara Walters that he found his bliss, or passion, when he became a community organizer. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once told Walters that she learned...Tags: Human Interest, Students, Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, College Sports
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It's the season for Lyme disease carriers
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentDr. George Knowles recognized the dime-sized rash ring forming around the itchy spot: Lyme disease in its early stages. He and his wife, Dr. Candace Corson, got the illness from tick bites within a few hours of each other this spring. Knowles figures the...Tags: Lyme Disease, Symptoms, Health, Headaches, Immune System
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