Ben Raab
Staff Reporter
https://twitter.com/BenHRaab | ben.raab@yale.edu
Ben Raab covers faculty and academics at Yale and writes about the Yale men's basketball team. Originally from New York City, Ben is a sophomore in Pierson college pursuing a double major in history and political science.
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BEN RAAB
MEN’S BASKETBALL: How Yale can make history this weekend

A look at how Yale, a perfect 7–0 in Ivy play, can claim the best start to a conference season in the team’s 128-year history — and at how the Bulldogs got here after an uncharacteristically poor start to the season.

February 16, 2024

BEN RAAB
Computer Science majors on the rise despite tech layoffs, questions over AI

The department is expected to award 138 graduate degrees this year to its “pure” majors, up from 97 the previous year, even amid massive layoffs in the tech sector and questions over the role that artificial intelligence will play in the industry’s future.

February 15, 2024

BEN RAAB
Yale beats Cornell on last-second basket, improves to 7-0 in Ivy League

The Bulldogs are now in first place in the conference standings, and are one of only two teams in the nation still unbeaten in conference play.

February 12, 2024

BEN RAAB
No evidence to support plagiarism allegations against computer science course

Several students on Fizz, an anonymous campus chat app, claimed that computer science professor Arman Cohan copied slides and homework for his course on Natural Language Processing from a similar course at Stanford. However, the News found no evidence to verify such a claim.

February 6, 2024

BEN RAAB
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale extends winning streak to eight with big wins over Princeton, Penn

The Bulldogs came back from a five-point deficit to earn a huge victory over Princeton Friday night, and followed it up with a strong performance against Penn on Saturday.

February 5, 2024

BEN RAAB
The Rematch: Yale, Princeton to face off in Ivy showdown

The Bulldogs host the Tigers in Payne Whitney Friday night, their first matchup since Princeton knocked Yale’s men’s basketball team out of the Ivy Tournament at the end of last season.

February 1, 2024

BEN RAAB
Yale professors donated almost exclusively to Democrats in 2023

Of the total contributions made by Yale professors, 98.4 percent went to Democratic-affiliated candidates and groups.

January 31, 2024

EMILY AIKENS & BEN RAAB
Faculty and administration raise alarm on grade inflation, ‘no plans’ to change grading policy

In response to a grading report obtained by the News in November, professors in various departments spoke about the causes of rising grades, potential solutions and how grade inflation may affect Yale academics moving forward.

January 30, 2024

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale beats Harvard, extends win streak to six

The Bulldogs rallied from a ten-point first-half deficit thanks to a hot shooting night from guards August Mahoney and John Poulakidas.

January 29, 2024

BEN RAAB
Professor accused of sexual misconduct sues Yale for gender discrimination, federal court grants trial

In 2013, the University found Professor Michael Simons guilty of sexual harassment and disciplined him accordingly. Simons claimed that five years later, Yale punished him again for the same conduct in a gender-discriminatory effort to appease campus supporters of the #MeToo movement; a federal court last week allowed the case to move to trial.

January 23, 2024

BEN RAAB
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bulldogs trounce Big Green, remain unbeaten in Ivy League play

Yale dominated Dartmouth on the road Saturday afternoon, extending their winning streak to five.

January 22, 2024