New Haven Independent

Higher Ed | November 6, 2008

Gateway, UB Smooth Students' Paths

by Allan Appel | November 6, 2008 9:58 AM | Permalink

On the morning after the election, hope was very much in the air for young people at Gateway Community College. It took, among other manifestations, the form of a more seamless transfer process to receive a four-year degree, and lots of generous new scholarship money.

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Higher Ed | October 20, 2008

A New Gateway at Gateway

by Allan Appel | October 20, 2008 5:30 PM | Permalink

Young entrepreneurs-in-the-making like Gateway Community College's Faiza Malik well might find entre to far-flung international markets close to home thanks to some help announced Monday from the U.S. Commerce Department.

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Higher Ed | July 8, 2008

He Saw The Job Of The Future

by Melinda Tuhus | July 8, 2008 8:27 AM | Permalink

Kyle Jones knows an opportunity when he sees it -- so he's training for a health care career that's in great demand, and his employer's paying the tab.

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Higher Ed | May 14, 2008

He Never Melted. Will SCSU Drivers?

by Melinda Tuhus | May 14, 2008 8:08 AM | Permalink

Carl Goldfield had a question: In a world of $4 a gallon gasoline, global warming, and an obesity epidemic, should any institution be building three new parking lots so people can "roll out of their cars into their offices" or classrooms?

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Higher Ed | April 22, 2008

This Time, She Was The Emergency Patient

by Melinda Tuhus | April 22, 2008 8:31 AM | Permalink

She was a medical student who planned to specialize in emergency medicine. She was hit by a car -- and had emergency surgery in the very hospital where she'd been caring for others the day before.

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Higher Ed | April 17, 2008

Yale: Story Was Bogus

by Staff | April 17, 2008 10:32 PM | Permalink

Statement by Yale Spokeswoman Helaine S. Klasky (in response to this article, which caused an international sensation))

Ms. Shvarts is engaged in performance art. Her art project includes visual
representations, a press release and other narrative materials. She stated to three
senior Yale University officials today, including two deans, that she did not
impregnate herself and that she did not induce any miscarriages. The entire project is
an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity
surrounding form and function of a womanís body.

She is an artist and has the right to express herself through performance art.

Had these acts been real, they would have violated basic ethical standards and raised
serious mental and physical health concerns.

Higher Ed | April 14, 2008

Rhymin' 'Bout A Revolution

by Tom Ficklin | April 14, 2008 12:47 PM | Permalink

The poetry of Revolutionary Ink, a Southern Connecticut State University organization, leaped to life at an open mic. Click on the play arrows to sample.

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Higher Ed | November 20, 2007

Global Village Gets Conference Center

by Allan Appel | November 20, 2007 9:28 AM | Permalink

An old Prospect Street mansion's getting a new addition to make room for all the international gatherings taking place at New Haven's ever-more-global Ivy League university.

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Higher Ed | September 17, 2007

Starchitect Lord Foster To Build At Yale

by Melissa Bailey | September 17, 2007 12:36 PM | Permalink

Lord Norman Foster, the man who brought this icy tower to the NYC skyline and the fantastical Milleau Viaduct to France, has been chosen to design a new Yale building on Whitney Avenue.

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Higher Ed | August 9, 2007

They Learn English, and Dabble in Prose and Video Production

by Georgia Kral | August 9, 2007 9:27 AM | Permalink

The subjects of the poems varied. Some were about love and loss, others about the comforts of home and still more about going to "University." Click the play arrow to hear one.

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Higher Ed | July 18, 2007

Lawsuit Seeks Identities of SCSU Bloggers

by Paul Bass | July 18, 2007 9:27 AM | Permalink

Three professors have gone to court to try to discover the identity of individuals posting allegedly libelous statements on a blog for Southern Connecticut State University adjuncts. Click here for a report from Independent Capitol correspondent Christine Stuart (pictured).

Higher Ed | April 20, 2007

"I'm a Pimp! I'm a Pimp!"

by Paul Bass | April 20, 2007 10:39 AM | Permalink

It looked like Halloween, as Yale students humiliated themselves on the streets of New Haven as part of being "tapped" for admission to secret societies.

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Higher Ed | April 17, 2007

Vets Fight For Their Due

by Melinda Tuhus | April 17, 2007 8:31 AM | Permalink

The man (on the right in photo) who started the movement to win National Guard and Reserve combat veterans their promised educational benefits recruited two political heavy hitters to his team -- and emerged a winner.

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Higher Ed | April 1, 2007

Amistad Exhibit Reveals The Rest of The Story

by Allan Appel | April 1, 2007 5:09 PM | Permalink

Here's a thought perhaps worth reflecting on during the Easter/Passover season of rebirth and freedom that is upon us: the dangers, for a city, of taking for granted what is in plain sight. In New Haven, we have a statue of it in front of City Hall, at least one named street, an increasingly famous charter school, a Catholic Worker house, a replica of the ship in the harbor, and many other features of Elm City life named in its honor, and the Amistad story is taught to every Greater New Haven-area kid in the elementary grades. Still, how many of us can truly describe the significance of the 1839 to 1841 trial and ultimate release into freedom of Sengbe Pieh and 52 other Africans illegally kidnapped from West Africa and sold into the transatlantic slave trade -- only to revolt and persevere in the human rights case of its time?

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Higher Ed | February 20, 2007

Straight Talk, Across Borders

by Nicole Allan | February 20, 2007 8:25 AM | Permalink

Seth Green, seated in the Yale Law School, smiled at students in Jordan. He looked at a TV screen, spoke into a microphone, and answered their questions about the views of students here about Islam -- and received answers to American students' questions about Iranian nukes and religious (or not necessarily religious) war.

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Higher Ed | January 31, 2007

Hersh Forecasts Grim Future in Iraq

by Christopher Gombeski | January 31, 2007 11:48 PM | Permalink

Before a packed crowd at the Yale Law School Auditorium, investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh berated the Bush Administration for its handling of the Iraq war and called President Bush "the most radical president we've ever had."

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Higher Ed | December 15, 2006

Watch Out, Dreamgirls

by Tom Ficklin | December 15, 2006 10:00 AM | Permalink

Thursday was graduation day for young people grabbing a second chance at a promising life -- at the Job Corps, by West Rock. It was a moving day for all involved. And it featured a version of the Star Spangled Banner, in three-party harmony, like none you're ever heard before. (The stars of a certain new movie should watch out.) Click on the play arrow below to watch it. Please be patient: the anthem comes a bit more than two minutes into the clip. And click here for more footage of the event, including a pre-recorded version of Pachelbel's Canon that might also blow your mind. (Note: If videos stop and start, press pause for a minute to allow them to load, then press start again.)

Higher Ed | December 5, 2006

FedEx Chief: Globalization Rolls Forward

by Paul Bass | December 5, 2006 3:17 PM | Permalink

This man knows firsthand about global trade and where it's going: He started and runs the $33 billion worldwide shipping giant known as FedEx. In a return visit to New Haven Tuesday, he said that talk about "rolling back" globalization misses the reality on the ground -- and in the air.

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Higher Ed | November 30, 2006

Flood Hits SCSU Library

by Melinda Tuhus | November 30, 2006 1:10 PM | Permalink

Problem: A late-semester flood hit the main library at Southern Connecticut State University. Periodicals and academic journals stored on the lowest two floors suffered water damage when a pipe burst .
The solution? Freeze 'em.

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Higher Ed | November 29, 2006

Labor "Heroes" Inspire New Pension Campaign

by Melissa Bailey | November 29, 2006 8:25 AM | Permalink

Doris Rogan (pictured), brought up to be a "very good girl," made history by bringing her sleeping bag, uninvited, into a Yale official's office. She and her compatriots were honored as heroes at an event calling for a new pension fight.

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