Ex-Area HS Stars Will Play Big Roles When Defending Champ Yale Meets UVa For Lacrosse Title Ex-Area HS Stars Will Play Big Roles When Defending Champ Yale Meets UVa For Lacrosse Title Ex-Area HS Stars Will Play Big Roles When Defending Champ Yale Meets UVa For Lacrosse Title
Ex-Area HS Stars Will Play Big Roles When Defending Champ Yale Meets UVa For Lacrosse Title The Hudson Valley/Connecticut area will be well-represented when the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse championship is decided on Memorial Day. Defending champion Yale (15-3), the No. 5 seed, faces No. 3 Virginia (16-3) in the title game 1 p.m. Monday, May 27 (ESPN2) at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Virginia pulled out a dramatic 13-12 double-overtime semifinal win over Duke on Saturday, May 25, securing the Cavaliers' first title-game appearance in seven years and snapping an 11-game losing streak to Duke. Junior attackman Michael Kraus of New Canaan had one goal and four as…
Longtime Lacrosse Coach From New Canaan Among Six Killed In Plane Crash Longtime Lacrosse Coach From New Canaan Among Six Killed In Plane Crash Longtime Lacrosse Coach From New Canaan Among Six Killed In Plane Crash
Longtime Lacrosse Coach From New Canaan Among Six Killed In Plane Crash A longtime varsity lacrosse coach who grew up in the area was one of six people killed in a small plane in Texas. The twin-engine Beechcraft BE58 crashed about 70 miles northwest of San Antonio on Monday, April 22. Angela Webb Kensinger, 54, a Fairfield County native who grew up in New Canaan, was killed along with her husband, 55-year-old Stuart Kensinger, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Angela Kensinger, known as "Angie," was the girls lacrosse coach at the St. John's School in Houston. "Our thoughts and prayers are with all members of the Kensinger family, especially their …
Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship
Norwalk Senior Wins $100K College Scholarship When Norwalk High School senior Emilia Cuevas found out she had won a $100,000 college scholarship, the young woman said she was speechless. Cuevas, this year’s winner of the 23rd annual Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship for Norwalk High School students, named after Kevin M. Eidt, who was an 18-year-old Boston College freshman when he died suddenly in 1997 from cardiac arrest while playing in a basketball game.  "I was so overwhelmed at the thought that I had won," Cuevas. "All of the other finalists were so qualified and have such amazing accomplishments so it is an ho…
Yale Rescinds Admission Of Student After College Cheating Scandal Yale Rescinds Admission Of Student After College Cheating Scandal Yale Rescinds Admission Of Student After College Cheating Scandal
Yale Rescinds Admission Of Student After College Cheating Scandal The fallout from Operation Varsity Blues continues, as Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student involved in the cheating scam. More than 50 people, including celebrities and prolific coaches were implicated in the cheating scam, which accuses parents of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to earn admissions to top universities, including Yale. Among those charged include former Yale soccer coach Rudy Meredith and Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, a native of Northern Westchester. On Sunday, March 24, a Yale official confirmed that the University ha…
Law Firm Places Prominent Greenwich Attorney On Leave Amid College Bribery Scheme Charges Law Firm Places Prominent Greenwich Attorney On Leave Amid College Bribery Scheme Charges Law Firm Places Prominent Greenwich Attorney On Leave Amid College Bribery Scheme Charges
Law Firm Places Prominent Greenwich Attorney On Leave Amid College Bribery Scheme Charges Update:  The Manhattan-based law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP issued a statement announcing that "co-chair Gordon Caplan has been placed on leave and will have no further firm management responsibilities," the firm announced Wednesday, March 13 one day after Caplan was charged criminally in a national scheme to rig the admissions system for the country’s most elite schools. Original report: A prominent area attorney is among the dozens of high-profile coaches, celebrities and wealthy parents embroiled in a college admissions bribery scheme. Greenwich resident Gordon Cap…
Prominent Greenwich Attorney Among Those Charged In College Bribery Scheme Prominent Greenwich Attorney Among Those Charged In College Bribery Scheme Prominent Greenwich Attorney Among Those Charged In College Bribery Scheme
Prominent Greenwich Attorney Among Those Charged In College Bribery Scheme Update:  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP issued a statement announcing that "co-chair Gordon Caplan has been placed on leave and will have no further firm management responsibilities," the firm announced Wednesday, March 13 one day after Caplan was charged criminally in a national scheme to rig the admissions system for the country’s most elite schools. Original report: A prominent area attorney is among the dozens of high-profile coaches, celebrities and wealthy parents embroiled in a college admissions bribery scheme. Greenwich resident Gordon Caplan, the co-chair of Willkie …
‘A Catalog Of Wealth And Privilege’: Details Emerge In Takedown Of College Bribery Scam ‘A Catalog Of Wealth And Privilege’: Details Emerge In Takedown Of College Bribery Scam ‘A Catalog Of Wealth And Privilege’: Details Emerge In Takedown Of College Bribery Scam
‘A Catalog Of Wealth And Privilege’: Details Emerge In Takedown Of College Bribery Scam Click here for an updated story: Prominent Greenwich Attorney Among Those Charged In College Bribery Scheme  Details have emerged a day after the takedown of a coast-to-coast takedown of a college admissions bribery scheme involving top coaches and dozens of wealthy parents. The 33 parents, described by US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling of Massachusetts as a "catalog of wealth and privilege," paid off a total of $25 million to a sham charity set up by the ringleader of the plot, William "Rick" Singer, 58, a California-based private college counseling veteran, who has agreed to forfeit $3.4…
Top Coaches, Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman Charged In College Admissions Scheme Top Coaches, Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman Charged In College Admissions Scheme Top Coaches, Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman Charged In College Admissions Scheme
Top Coaches, Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman Charged In College Admissions Scheme Click here for an updated story - ‘A Catalog Of Wealth And Privilege’: Details Emerge In Takedown Of College Bribery Scam Dozens of people, including coaches at top universities around the country and a pair of Hollywood actresses, have been charged in a college admissions bribery takedown, federal authorities announced late Tuesday morning, March 12. Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are two of the 33 parents and nearly 50 people charged in the largest college admissions scandal ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.  Private admissions counselors and Div…
All-Time High: It Will Cost $75K To Attend Yale Next Year All-Time High: It Will Cost $75K To Attend Yale Next Year All-Time High: It Will Cost $75K To Attend Yale Next Year
All-Time High: It Will Cost $75K To Attend Yale Next Year It will cost more than $75,000 for students to attend Yale University as an undergraduate student next year, according to the school. Tuition, room and board will see a near 4 percent increase, with the former being upped to $55,000 a year and the latter up to $16,600. Books and personal expenses are expected to cost an estimated $3,750 for the average student. This year, tuition cost $53,430; room and board cost an estimated $16,000. The estimated cost of books and expenses will remain the same. The university said that more than half of their undergraduate students receive financial aid, …
Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns
Ex-Yale Professor Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct Involving Student Interns A former U.S. attorney has been tabbed to investigate alleged sexual misconduct involving a former psychiatry professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Yale President Peter Salovey announced that former prosecutor Deidre Daly has been commissioned to launch an investigation into the conduct of former professor Eugene Redmond, who retired last summer when the school began disciplinary actions against him in July. The investigation is expected to include interviews with students, staff and alumni. The sexual misconduct complaints arose in the context of a research facility that Redmond ran on…
Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface
Yale Suspends Student After New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface A Yale student who was acquitted on sexual assault charges last year has been suspended again as new allegations of assault were leveled against him, according to the Yale Daily News. Saifullah Khan was suspended on Sunday by Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun, three days after the new charges surfaced, the school newspaper reported. According to the Yale Daily News, under the suspension, Khan has been barred from campus and all of his classes. He was also suspended in 2015 after Khan was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Yale student. He was acquitted of the charges and the suspension was…
Yale Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Economics Yale Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Economics Yale Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Economics
Yale Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Economics A Yale University professor who is considered the world's leading economist on climate change has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on environmental issues. William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, received the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for “integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis.” VIDEO: A New Haven press conference held in recognition of the highly-prestigious award at the Yale School of Management can be viewed by clicking here or on the first image above.  “I am honored to be awarded the Nobel Prize i…