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Black student Yale student racially abused for wearing BLM shirt

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Video footage shows the moment a white woman launches into a vile racist rant directed at a young Black woman on a Manhattan street this weekend.  The unidentified woman uses the N-word and calls the woman, Kathryn Graves, ‘ape’ multiple times during the 35-second video in Midtown on Sunday.  Graves, a 27-year-old student at Yale … Read more

Wetherspoon pub named after Elihu Yale faces calls to change its name over his links to slave trade

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Wetherspoon pub named after 17th century merchant Elihu Yale is facing calls to change its name over his links to the slave trade The Elihu Yale pub in Wrexham, North Wales, faces calls to change its name Yale was an official for the East India Company, who are linked to the slave trade  A petition … Read more

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: What Harvard and Yale can teach YOU about how to lead a happier life

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Yale University in the U.S. is one of the most august educational institutions in the world, with 62 Nobel Prize winners to its name in fields as varied as literature, chemistry and economics. But its most popular online course as the planet comes to terms with the coronavirus pandemic is one called ‘The Science of … Read more

Yale researchers lunch trial on asthma drug to test if it could treat coronavirus patients

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A clinical trial is being launched to test an asthma drug’s effectiveness in treating deadly conditions caused by the novel coronavirus. The drug, called ibudilast – which has been approved to treat asthma in Japan and South Korea – has shown promise in improving lung health in mouse models. The team, from Yale University’s New Haven … Read more