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Gatewayers Get A Salsa Send-Off

by Ariela Martin | May 3, 2012 10:37 am | Comments (1)

Emilie Swenson was in class a few doors down when she heard the salsa music coming from the Community Room at Gateway Community College on Long Wharf. “I wanted to check out where the music was coming from. I’ve never did any salsa dancing before, but this has been fun!” Swenson was drawn onto the dance floor amongst other students, faculty, and salsa dancers as they moved to the Latin beat of the 14-piece New Haven-based band, Mikata.

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“Do Good Science”

by Gwyneth K. Shaw | Apr 30, 2012 3:26 pm

With ultra-tiny silver particles turning up in everything from toothpaste to plastic food containers, researchers are eager to understand any potential impacts on people, animals or the environment. But can they get there when the substance itself is so dynamic?

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2,000 Rally For Pipeline—& Put Eli On Notice

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 26, 2012 8:06 am | Comments (4)

As Yale’s union contract comes up for renewal, Ronice Awudu braved the rain with her 11-month-old son to join hundreds of coworkers calling for good jobs and benefits.

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Green Chemistry Guru Comes Home

by Gwyneth K. Shaw | Apr 19, 2012 11:43 am

It was a moment that most research scientists will never experience: Nearly two years ago, an angry citizen rose from an audience full of Louisianans coping with a massive oil spill that threatened their way of life. An accusation flew at Paul Anastas, then a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official: You don’t care enough about how much this is hurting us.

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“God’s Beatnik” Bears A Chocolate Surprise

by Allan Appel | Apr 18, 2012 9:10 am

Connecticut Poet Laureate Richard Allen brought not only his stanzas but a box of chocolates to a reading at Gateway Community College’s Sargent Drive campus.

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Almando & The Oobleck

by Gwyneth K. Shaw | Mar 26, 2012 1:00 pm

It’s a simple recipe: Two parts cornstarch, one part water.

The mixture, gooey and fun, made Almando Harris’ eyes light up.

“It’s the ultimate quicksand!” he said, digging his hands into a plastic bowl filled with the cream-colored fluid.

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Hands-On Chance For Nano Newbies

by Gwyneth K. Shaw | Mar 20, 2012 1:23 pm

(NHI Nanoblog) Curious about super-small materials? You have a chance this week to get an earful—and dig your hands in, too.

As part of NanoDays 2012, a broad program to engage the public about the promise, and potential perils, of nanotechnology, the Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, or CRISP, is hosting a lecture by one of Yale University’s materials scientists.

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Did $$ Kill Hip Hop’s Message?

by Caitlin Emma | Feb 29, 2012 12:33 pm | Comments (4)

An old-school rapper and a breakout artist found common ground at Yale Law School: a complaint that hip hop has lost its edge.

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Nerds Launch Nerfs

by Gwyneth K. Shaw | Feb 26, 2012 11:58 am | Comments (2)

Jean Zheng pulled on the wood, fighting the heavy-duty tension springs to bring a homemade catapult back far enough to load it.

Struggling—and giggling—she finally had to ask for help. Apparently, the fourth-year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering has brains, but not much brawn.

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High-Tech Home Run Leaves Home Field

by Paul Bass | Jan 3, 2012 1:06 pm | Comments (17)

Daniel Abadi’s new Science Park company snagged $9.5 million to start hiring people fast—in Cambridge.

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