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Yale University stories: 42 news summaries

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'A THOUSAND WHYS'

 Annie Le's Family Bids Farewell 


Sep 27, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Annie Le's family tried to reconcile the zest with which she embraced life with the senseless brutality of her death yesterday in a private funeral service held in California. "We could ask a thousand whys for the rest of our life," said her pastor, while Vivian Van Le... More »

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Yale University • murder • funeral • Annie Le

OPINION

 Ivy League Crimes 
 Are More Equal 
 Than Others 

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

Sep 18, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer... More »

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 Co-Workers: 
 Clark's a 
 'Control 
 Freak' 

Lab tech placed in solitary after being charged with murdering Annie Le

Sep 18, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark's co-workers at the Yale animal lab where he worked say the murder suspect was a domineering "control freak" who considered the animal cages his territory, a law enforcement source tells AP. Clark was placed in solitary confinement yesterday after being charged with murdering grad student Annie Le,... More »

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Yale University • murder • New Haven • solitary confinement • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

 Clark Charged With Murder 

Yale lab tech accused of killing Annie Le arraigned, enters no plea

Sep 17, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark III has been charged with the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le, the Hartford Courant reports. Clark, a lab technician at Yale, was arrested this morning at a motel and arraigned in Superior Court in New Haven. Clark, 24, did not submit a plea. His bail remains... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • New Haven • Connecticut • arraignment • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician

 DNA Links 
 Lab Tech to 
 Yale Murder 

Raymond Clark to be arrested today

Sep 17, 09 2:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - DNA from the Yale lab tech suspected in the murder of grad student Annie Le has been linked to her death, sources tell the New Haven Register. Raymond Clark, 24, is expected to be arrested today, and is currently under police surveillance at the Connecticut motel where he's staying. The... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician

 Yale Suspect 
 Clark Was Last 
 to See Le Alive 

Records of their computer swipe cards show he entered lab just after she did

Sep 16, 09 9:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark, the prime suspect in the killing of Yale graduate student Annie Le, was the last person to see her alive, records of their computer swipe cards show. A source familiar with the records tells the Hartford Courant that Le used the card to gain access to the same... More »

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Yale University • murder • campus security • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician • computer records

(AP) - Connecticut's state medical examiner says Yale University grad student Annie Le died of traumatic asphyxiation, meaning she was strangled. Dr. Wayne Carver's office released a short statement about the autopsy today, three days after 24-year-old Le was found hidden inside the basement wall of a Yale medical school research building.... More »

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Yale University • murder • autopsy • Yale • asphyxiation • cause of death • Annie Le

UPDATED

 Annie Le Suspect Is Released

Raymond Clark is engaged to live-in girlfriend Jennifer Hromadka

Sep 16, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark, the lab tech "person of interest" who was picked up by police last night in connection with Yale grad student Annie Le’s murder, was released this morning after DNA samples were taken, CNN reports. Clark shares his apartment with the girlfriend he is engaged to marry... More »

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investigation • Yale University • murder • Yale • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

(Newser) - Connecticut authorities took a “person of interest” into custody tonight in connection with the investigation into the death of a Yale graduate student, WCBS-TV reports. Raymond Clark, a lab technician who worked with Annie Le, also 24, has been in authorities’ sights the past few days; they have a... More »

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Yale University • murder • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • DNA sample • laboratory technician

 High-Profile 
 Murders 
 Haunt Yale 

Race and class issues feature heavily in killings from past

Sep 15, 09 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graduate student Annie Le's murder is just the latest in a series of high-profile killings to rock Yale University in recent history, reports Gawker, which dubs the university "Murdertown of the Ivies." The Yale killings too often feature a troubling mix of race, class, and bungling by authorities,... More »

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Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • New Haven • manslaughter • Annie Le

(Newser) - Hundreds of students and faculty members turned out tonight on the campus of Yale University, NECN reports, for a candlelight vigil in memory of Annie Le, the 24-year-old grad student found dead yesterday on the New Haven, Conn., campus. Le’s body was discovered inside a wall in a lab... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • vigil • candlelight • graduate student • Annie Le

UPDATED

 Yale Student's 
 Body Found: Cops 

Annie Le's remains recovered on her would-be wedding day

Sep 13, 09 8:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A body believed to be that of a Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday has been found, the New Haven Independent reports. Annie Le, 24, had last been seen in the building that housed her lab; "we are assuming" the remains found within a wall in the basement... More »

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Yale University • crime • New Haven • homicide • Connecticut • graduate student • Annie Le

 Yale Offers $10K Reward 
 in Missing-Student Case 

Search continues; still no evidence of foul play in disappearance of Le

Sep 11, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(AP) - Yale University offered a $10,000 reward today for information leading to the whereabouts of a missing graduate student. Meanwhile, investigators reviewed security-camera footage and checked the blueprints of the building where Annie Le was last seen on Tuesday. Le, 24, was supposed to be married Sunday. More »

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Yale University • wedding • security cameras • missing person • graduate student • Annie Marie Le • runaway bride • Annie Le

Yale Grad Student Disappears Days Before Wedding

Cops see no evidence of foul play involving Annie Le, missing since Tuesday

Sep 10, 09 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Yale graduate student due to be married on Sunday hasn’t been seen since Tuesday, the university’s Daily News reports. Video shows Annie Marie Le, 24, entering a building on the New Haven, Conn., campus, but there’s no evidence of her leaving. Authorities say her fiancé, family... More »

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Yale University • New Haven • wedding • foul play • graduate student • Annie Marie Le • runaway bride • cold feet • Annie Le

 Yale Slammed for 
 Censoring Cartoons 

Danish cartoons yanked from prof's book to 'avoid violence'

Sep 8, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Criticism is continuing to mount against Yale University, even from its own professors and alumni, for publishing The Cartoons That Shook the World—while censoring the cartoons that shook the world, reports AP. Yale University Press yanked the Danish caricatures from a book about the protests they spawned out of... More »

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Yale University • censorship • protests • publishing • cartoon • Danish Mohammed cartoons

OPINION

Yale Sides With Dictators by Censoring Cartoons

Muhammad decision
is short-sighted

Aug 29, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yale University has “handed a victory to extremists” by deciding to pull images of the prophet Muhammad from its upcoming book on the Danish cartoon controversy, writes Mona Eltahawy in the Washington Post. Eltahawy is a Muslim living in Denmark, and she knows full well that the cartoons... More »

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Islam • Yale University • censorship • cartoon • Muhammad • Danish Mohammed cartoons

(Newser) - The US Military Academy tops the new Forbes list of top colleges, leapfrogging five places to bump Princeton out of the top spot. In the second annual ranking, another service academy, the Air Force's, lands in seventh place on a list that places schools according to "the quality of... More »

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Princeton University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • college • Caltech • Wellesley • West Point • Harvard University • US Military Academy • California Institute of Technology • Williams College • Wellesley College • US Air Force Academy • Amherst College

(Newser) - The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to unearth the bones of Geronimo from his Oklahoma tomb and rebury them in his native New Mexico, the BBC reports. The Apache leader’s descendants also name Yale University and the Skull and Bones society, which... More »

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Department of Justice • Yale University • lawsuit • Native American • Skull and Bones • Fort Sill • Geronimo

(Newser) - Figure-skating champions Michelle Kwan and Sarah Hughes both had to step outside the rink to land their latest accomplishment—graduating from college. Five-time world champ Kwan, 28, received a Bachelor's degree in international studies with a political science minor from the University of Denver. Hughes, meanwhile, completed a degree in... More »

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Yale University • graduation • figure skating • college graduates • Michelle Kwan • Sarah Hughes

 Fall Enrollment 
 Defies Economy 

Freshman commitments hold steady, but at a cost of increased financial aid

May 11, 09 1:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the recession, colleges aren't seeing the dip in freshman commitments they anticipated, reports the New York Times. The percentage of accepted students who have confirmed their enrollment at places like Yale, Harvard, and the University of Virginia and Wisconsin is about the same as last year. But it hasn't... More »

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Yale University • college admissions • college • recession • University of Virginia • financial aid • college student • Harvard University • Jay-ZTV

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