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Yale Student Killed When Lab Machine Snags Hair

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Yale University student nearing graduation was killed inside a school chemistry lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment, school officials said Wednesday. Michele Dufault, a senior majoring in physics and astronomy, died Tuesday night after her hair became caught in a...

New Push in Fight Against Sexual Violence on Campus

Months after she was raped in her dorm room during her freshman year at Kansas State University, Madeleine Lietz heard a rumor. The man who raped her, also a Kansas State University student, had finally been expelled -- not for sexual assault, but because he had simply failed his classes and flunked out. In an account...

Tiger Mother's Daughter Accepted at Harvard

It looks like the iron-fisted tiger mother's hard work paid off: Her 18-year-old daughter has been accepted at Harvard. Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother and Yale professor, sparked controversy earlier this year with her memoir, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," in which she recounts her philosophy of ultra-strict...

Lawyer: Suspect in Yale Killing to Plead Guilty [VIDEO]

Yale University Police Investigate Report of Forced Drinking and Nudity

Police at Yale University are investigating a report of a "naked party" held off-campus by a senior society that may have involved forced, heavy drinking and possibly even a sexual assault, according to a school publication. The party was held Feb. 19 by the Pundits, Yale's senior prank society, the Yale Daily News...