Yale University sued over student mental health policies
Yale University is being accused of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring some to withdraw from the prestigious institution and then placing โunreasonable burdensโ on those who seek to be reinstated.
Ex-Yale coach gets 5 months in admissions bribery scandal
The former Yale University womenโs soccer coach whose cooperation with authorities helped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the schemeโs mastermind has been sentenced to five months in prison.
Justice Dept. drops Yale admissions discrimination lawsuit
FILE - In this May 24, 2010 file photo, future graduates wait for the procession to begin for commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The Biden Justice Department says it is dismissing its discrimination lawsuit against Yale University. On Feb. 3, 2021, the Justice Department noted in its filing that it was voluntarily dismissing the action. AdYale said its practices comply with decades of Supreme Court precedent and that it looks at โthe whole person" when deciding which applicants to admit. Bidenโs Justice Department is working to undo Trump policies, including โzero tolerance,โ the immigration policy that was responsible for family separations.
Feds sue Yale, allege discrimination against applicants
WASHINGTON โ The Justice Department sued Yale University on Thursday, weeks after prosecutors found the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law. A statement from the university president said Yale will not change its admissions practices as a result of the suit. The action from the Justice Department is the latest by the Trump administration in a long-running effort aimed at rooting out discrimination in the college application process, following complaints from students about the application process at some Ivy League colleges. The Justice Departmentโs investigation โ which stemmed from a 2016 complaint against Yale, Brown and Dartmouth โ also found that Yale uses race as a factor in multiple steps of the admissions process and that Yale โracially balances its classes," officials said. Schools also bear the burden of showing why their consideration of race is appropriate.
FDA authorizes new COVID-19 saliva test pioneered by Yale, the NBA
DETROIT โ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization for Yale Universityโs coronavirus test, Saliva Direct. Saliva Direct uses a simplified testing method that cuts the turnaround time to less than 24 hours. Researchers said the accuracy of the Saliva Direct results matched almost perfectly with the groupโs swab tests. The Saliva Direct test is simple enough to be used by labs everywhere, once they go through the required accreditation process. Yale and the NBA do not intend to take any royalties from the testing method, making it available for free.
Feds accuse Yale of discriminating against some applicants
WASHINGTON A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. The two-year investigation concluded that Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit, the Justice Department said. Yales race discrimination imposes undue and unlawful penalties on racially-disfavored applicants, including in particular Asian American and White applicants, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband, who heads the departments civil rights division, wrote in a letter to the colleges attorneys. Yale has previously denied that its admissions process discriminates against Asian Americans or any other ethnic group. In the Harvard case, the Justice Department had argued that the university went too far in its use of race, but the judge disagreed.
Suzanne Whang, 'House Hunters' host, dies at 56
Suzanne Whang attends the 20th Anniversary of V-Day at The Broad Stage on Feb. 17, 2018, in Santa Monica, California. (CNN) - Suzanne Whang, who viewers came to love as the voice and face of "House Hunters" for nearly a decade, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, according to her agent. "On Tuesday evening around 7:20pm, Suzanne breathed her last breath here at home, as I knelt beside her and caressed her," he wrote. She found her footing in the entertainment industry and hosted of HGTV's #1 show "House Hunters" from 1999 to 2007. "Suzanne was warm, funny and kind with a distinctive voice that made everyone feel at home," the network said Friday in a statement to CNN.