Nov 19th, 2008 · Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 tells the story of the 1968 football meeting between the Ivy League archrivals. Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty's father was a former Yale football captain, but Rafferty chose to go to Harvard.
Sep 15th, 2008 · When investor Wilbur Ross was at Yale, he took an English course that required writing 1,000 words a day. After two weeks, he ran out of things to say. The billionaire jokes that dropping it "probably saved me from a life of poverty."
Sep 15th, 2008 · Yale law professor Stephen Carter sets his novels in the world of wealthy and well-educated black Americans. His third novel, Palace Council, is both historical and contemporary. Carter chronicles the pivotal struggles over race and politics in the 1960s.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of what used to be called "junk" DNA. Yale researchers have found a region of DNA that appears to be crucial in making a human limb. Although it's not a gene in the traditional sense of the word, it is inherited.
May 2nd, 2008 · It was a notion first laid out by Alexis de Tocqueville, who may have been the last Frenchman to consider the U.S. exceptional. But it's a distinction that's still useful for America and the world, says Yale and New York University Law Professor Peter Schuck.
Apr 15th, 2008 · A former Peruvian first lady's criticism of Yale University and the government of Peru for a tentative agreement to return Incan artifacts led to a review of Yale's inventory. Now, the Peruvian government wants to revise the deal.
Apr 3rd, 2008 · Turmoil in the stock market has people on edge, but Yale's investment guru, David Swensen, explains how his allocation strategy and rebalancing technique have earned consistent double-digit returns over the past two decades.
Mar 21st, 2008 · After a busy week at the Federal Reserve -- assisting with JPMorgan Chase's takeover of Bear Stearns and allowing big investment houses to get emergency loans directly from the central bank -- how does the Fed chief rate? Yale economist Robert James Shiller, Smith Moore analyst Juli Niemann with Noah Adams.