Yale
Americannoun
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Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
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Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).
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a male given name.
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But there are myriad ways to cultivate happiness at work, according to Laurie Santos, a psychology professor at Yale University and host of “The Happiness Lab” podcast.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
His model is Nicholas Christakis, a Yale professor whose wife, Erika, then the head of a Yale residential college, questioned the university’s requirement in 2015 that students avoid potentially offensive Halloween costumes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Martin Slade, a lecturer in occupational medicine at Yale School of Medicine and in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at YSPH, co-authored the study.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
As a young adult, he attended the graduate programme of the Yale School of Drama, where he got his first experience of directing.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
“I’m going off to Yale and you’re heading to Princeton—maybe it’s better this way.”
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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