After Middle East trip, Murphy presses for Yemen ceasefire deal
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.GREG NASH / POOL /AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON After a recent swing through Oman, Jordan and Qatar, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said he sees the “grassroots of de-escalation” emerging in the civil war in Yemen, a deadly crisis for which the Connecticut Democrat has long advocated for a peaceful solution.
On a call with reporters after his return, Murphy, who leads the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the Middle East, also said he had “great concern” about the recent escalation of violence in Israel and he urged President Joe Biden to secure a return of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Four Yale alumni are among 76 graduate students who have been named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University.
They are Mez Belo-Osagie ’16, a Ph.D. candidate in political science in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Charlotte Finegold ’17, who is pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School; Tony Liu ’20, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering in the School of Engineering; and Elliot Setzer ’20, also pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School.
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program cultivates and supports a multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students and prepares them, through a diverse collection of educational experiences, to address complex challenges facing the world. Knight-Hennessy Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program and receive up to three years of financial support to pursue a graduate degree program in any of Stanford’s seven graduate schools.
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May 11, 2021
By Rula Salameh
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