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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名耶鲁本科生的总数，中国作为耶鲁校园的第二大的国际本科生来源国仅次于加拿大的72名。加拿大是如此地邻近美国，在许多社会活动或运动联赛如美国棒球联盟，加拿大就像美国大联盟的一部分。耶鲁也是很少几个美国大学按需要给予国际本科生财政援助的大学之一。换句话说，耶鲁将满足学生呈现的所有的财政需求，而他们录取你时则不看[
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Hypathway'sNote: 这篇文章放在这里正是时候，因为它告诉你如何选择一所满意的大学去度过你未来的四年。现在离截止日期的5月1日还剩五天，在此之前今年毕业班的同学必须定下自己的学校。这将是他们到目前为止一生中最重要的决定，有些同学要在四月低的最后几天才能想清楚去那所学校。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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