[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] In its 15 years of operation, Ocean Management — a property management and real estate company in New Haven — has failed to respond to tenant complaints, been sued in multiple criminal court cases and violated city housing codes over 2,450 times. Despite this, the mega-landlord has continued business operations in […]
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Crossing the aisle: Joe Lieberman’s road from Kennedy Democrat to Connec
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] When Joe Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 arrived at Yale College in the fall of 1960, he was eager to make his mark on the institution. Lieberman, an observant Jew educated in Stamford public schools, was admitted to the University in an era of quotas designed to limit Jewish enrollment. During his […]
PROFILE: Ellen Cupo’s fight for New Haveners, from Yale to City Hall
Ellen Cupo serves on the Board of Alders, works at Yale, organizes for her union and is raising two young children. It all amounts to a campaign for the future of her hometown.
A ‘new type of Russian politician’: Alexey Navalny’s rise from Yale World Fellow to Kremlin watchdog
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] In August 2010, 34-year-old Alexey Navalny arrived in the United States for only the second time in his life. Unlike his past visit — a brief business trip to Chicago — this trip would be a lengthier stay. For the next five months, Yale University’s Betts House would be home for […]
‘Henry’s inner circle’: At Yale, Kissinger sought out a next generation of
Kissinger, who died at 100 on Wednesday, became a regular guest at seminars in the Grand Strategy program in the early 2000s and forged a strong relationship with the University throughout his later years.
Ron DeSantis claims that ‘unadulterated leftism’ marked his time at Yale.
Several classmates, professors and friends of Ron DeSantis ’01 cast doubt on the Republican presidential candidate and Florida governor’s description of the University’s political climate during his undergraduate years.
Tweed’s embattled expansion
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] When Lorena Venegas returned to her childhood hometown of East Haven in 2009, the Tweed New Haven Airport was hardly on her mind. While she was aware of the airport’s proximity to the town — she even flew out of Tweed a few times in the 1990s — she had ultimately […]
“Compounding” pandemics: Among Black and Latino New Haveners, fatal overdoses skyrocket during COVID-19
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] New Haven resident Richard Youins has been clean since 2010. After battling drug addiction for over two decades, he now serves as a peer mentor for others struggling with substance use disorder, often working directly with his neighbors and friends of friends as they navigate recovery. Because of the nature of […]
UP CLOSE | Pressure to project growth
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Gabriella Gutierrez ’23 has just completed her senior thesis — a research project exploring behavior in different subtypes of schizophrenia — and is rapidly approaching commencement, when she will officially receive her Yale College degree in psychology. About four and a half years ago, Gutierrez’s life looked very different. Then a […]
UP CLOSE | The “invisible barrier”: Navigating Yale with chronic illness
[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Morgan Baker ’22 was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, after spending a gap year traveling with the Whiffenpoofs. Once she returned to campus for her senior year, Baker began to experience brain fog and was unable to focus for long periods of time “Everything was just hard for […]