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雅美途'sNotes:YouyouTu(屠呦呦)wonthisyear'sLaskerAwardforClinicalMedicalResearchforherdiscoveryonthetherapeuticeffectofArtemisinin(青蒿素)onmalaria.LaskerpresentedinNewYorkisthemostreliablepredictorforthefutureNobelPrizes,particularlyitsawardforBasicMedicalResearch.WecouldeasilysaythatthisdistinguishawardforYouyouTu’sresearchonTraditionalChines...[
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雅美途'sNotes: ThispastapplicationcyclewasthelastyearwhenYalewastheonlycollegeamongHarvard,YaleandPrincetontohaveearlyadmissionsprogram.HarvardandPrincetonwillreturntheirearlyprogramnextyearwithbothofthembeingearlyactionsinglechoice(EASC).InthepastfiveyearssinceHarvardandPrincetondroppedouttheirearlyprogram,Yalehasexperiencedaconsecutivedecreaseofitstotalyieldrate:a5%reductionsince2007...[
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TheMissouriRiver
Fishville'sNotes:OhShenandoahisanAmericanfolksongwefirstheardfromarecentdinnerconcertorganizedbyourdaughter'spianoteacher.Whilethepianoteacherwasplayingthepiano,herhusbandwasthevocalmusiciantosingthisbeautifulsong.Wethedinnerswerealsoinvitedtojointhechorus.BothlyricsandmelodyweresowellassembledthattheycouldprovideananswerforthosewhobelievedthatAmericadoesnothavethatmuch...[
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SillimanCollege,YaleUniversity.PhotoCourtesy:Hypathway
ByDrewHenderson,
StaffReporterYaleDailyNews,Thursday,June16,2011NobellaureateHenryA.Kissinger,whoservedasUnitedStatesSecretaryofStateunderPresidentsRichardNixonandGeraldFordLAW'41,willdonatehispaperstotheUniversityinamovethatwillgreatlyenhancethestudyofdiplomatichistoryatYale.Finalizedafterroughlysixmonthsofdiscussionsoverthegif...[
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ChinesebookdistributorapologizestoYale
By DrewHenderson,YaleDailyNews,June16,2011YalehasreceivedaformalapologyfromaChinesebookdistributorthatwasresponsibleforabookillegallycontainingthecontentoffiveOpenYaleCourses.BecausethelicensesofcoursesbroadcastthroughOpenYaleCoursesprecludethirdpartiesfromusingtheircontentcommercially,...[
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Hypathway'sNotes: 以目前58名耶魯本科生的總數，中國作為耶魯校園的第二大的國際本科生來源國僅次於加拿大的72名。加拿大是如此地鄰近美國，在許多社會活動或運動聯賽如美國棒球聯盟，加拿大就像美國大聯盟的一部分。耶魯也是很少幾個美國大學按需要給予國際本科生財政援助的大學之一。換句話說，耶魯將滿足學生呈現的所有的財政需求，而他們錄取你時則不看[
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Hypathway'sNote: 這篇文章放在這裏正是時候，因為它告訴你如何選擇一所滿意的大學去度過你未來的四年。現在離截止日期的5月1日還剩五天，在此之前今年畢業班的同學必須定下自己的學校。這將是他們到目前為止一生中最重要的決定，有些同學要在四月低的最後幾天才能想清楚去那所學校。四月也[
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Atage50,affirmativeactionlookstired
Effortsincreasinglycounterproductiveandunhingedfromhistory
ByRogerClegg,WashingtonTimes,March3,2011ThisSundaywillmarkthe50thanniversaryofthefirsttimethephrase"affirmativeaction"wasusedinthecivilrightscontext,inExecutiveOrder10925,whichPresidentKennedysignedonMarch6,1961.Ironically,itisclearthattheph...[
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WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,Photocourtesy:Fishville
ApplicationsRise(YetAgain)atDozensofSelectiveColleges
ByJACQUESSTEINBERGandERICPLATT,NewYorkTimes,Jan31,2011
Noonecaneversayforsurewhyapplicationsrise(orfall)ataparticularcollegeoruniversityinaparticularyear.Sometimesinstitutionsmaketheirownluck,decidingtoblanketahighschoolgraduatingclas...[
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TheOriginsofPoliticalOrder ByFRANCISFUKUYAMA Reviewedby TroyJollimore,April12,2011,Barnesandnoble.com
Where dopoliticalinstitutionscomefrom?Howdotheydevelop,andwhatmakesthemwork?ThesearethequestionsattheheartofFrancisFukuyama's TheOriginsofPoliticalOrder:FromPrehumanTimestotheFrenchRevolution. Readersshouldnotbemisled,though,intothinkingthatFukuyama'sintent...[
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