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A student was assaulted at Yale University early Wednesday morning, according to Yale police. They said the student was walking in the area of Benjamin Franklin College on Prospect Street in New Haven around 12:10 a.m. when a man grabbed the student’s neck. The student was not hurt. The assailant appeared to be in his 30s or 40s and...

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the “genius grant,” and one is a Yale biologist. The 22 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want. They were selected from nominations in a yearslong process that solicits input from…

Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school.

Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school. Patients and their lawyers announced the settlements Monday in New Haven. Details of the agreements were not released, but lawyers said they…

Former New Jersey governor and unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie will teach a course on running for office at Yale University this semester. The weekly seminar taught by Christie is titled “How to Run a Political Campaign” and is open to undergraduates as well as graduate students at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. The course description says...

Taylor drove to New Haven in a 2024 Nissan Frontier.

For 21 New Haven Public School graduates, college begins at home. The students were admitted into Yale University’s class of 2028 and they are the largest group to enter as freshmen in the school’s history. “I’m very happy I had the opportunity to get in,” said Christopher Vera. This week, he’s starting at Yale – his dream school – walking…

For 21 New Haven public school graduates, college begins at home. The students were admitted into Yale University’s class of 2028 and they are the largest group to enter as freshmen in the school’s history.

An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women’s advocacy groups and an attorney for defamation after being called a “rapist” in a court brief that they filed in a 2022 proceeding. Saifullah Khan, a 31-year-old Afghanistan native, said the organizations, which include the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence and...

Ketamine is garnering national attention as more details come out about the death of Hollywood star Matthew Perry. Perry struggled with drug addiction and overdosed after taking ketamine at his home. Perry was undergoing therapeutic ketamine treatment, but his death was a result of unregulated recreational use. “Someone who has trouble controlling their use of ketamine like Mr. Perry is…

Five people – including two doctors, a live-in assistant, and a drug dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen” – have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s accidental overdose death in October of 2023, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday in an explosive press conference.

Yale police are asking students to lock their doors and windows when leaving housing, on and off campus, after several burglaries. Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell notified the school community that they have received 15 reports over the last month of burglaries in both on-campus and off-campus student residences throughout the Yale campus and close to campus. during the summer…

While Team USA’s rowing team did not win a medal in Friday’s Men’s Pair medal race in Paris, some international athletes with local ties are going home with some hardware. Oliver Wynne-Griffith and the Great Britain boat paddled their way to a silver medal finish, crossing the line less than a second after Croatia. Team Switzerland finished in 3rd...

Yale police are investigating a crime spree after several vehicles, including security vehicles, were damaged, broken into or stolen. Police said the culprits are youths. In one instance, people in a gray sedan rammed a security vehicle, according to Yale police. In another, a passenger from a gray sedan used a screwdriver to damage another occupied security vehicle. The crimes…

Burglars stole cash and personal belongings from summer session students at Yale University and police are investigating. Yale police said they received reports on Wednesday about a series of burglaries at Pauli Murray College on Prospect Street. The students said someone entered their rooms during the afternoon to early evening hours and stole small personal items and cash. Yale Police…

Researchers at Yale University have developed Alzheimer’s disease drugs that could help protect connections in the brain. 

Yale University has appointed a new university president. Maurie McInnis, who graduated from Yale in 1996 with a Ph.D., will serve as the university’s 24th president. McInnis, a cultural historian, serves as president of Stony Brook University. She will assume the role on July 1, succeeding Peter Salovey, who is returning to the faculty full-time after 11 years as president….

A doctor at Yale University has developed a procedure that could delay or even prevent menopause completely in some patients. The procedure involves freezing ovarian tissue, and it can have more positive impacts than just keeping the symptoms of menopause at bay.

Four people were arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at Yale University overnight, according to the university, and two of them are students. Yale University said around 200 protestors were on Beinecke Plaza, then walked to the president’s house and the Yale Police Department around 9 p.m. and refused to disperse after several warnings from the Yale Police Department that they were…

Nearly two dozen people have been arrested and encampments set up at UConn’s pro-Palestinian protest have been removed by police.