In the same way that a sibling (and only a sibling) can relish their sister or brother getting caught with their fingers in the proverbial cookie jar. And in that spirit, as a Bruno, I'm slightly amused by the latest news that the Feds have subpoenaed Yale's records, specifically that pertaining to how it uses grants.

The subpoenas cover 47 grants valued at about $45 million, the school said. The university received about $2 billion in grants during the past decade. [...]

"Regardless of the outcome of the current investigation, we must get all our processes right and make sure that we are good stewards of the funds entrusted to us by the federal government," Levin said in a statement released Monday.

Like most large research universities, Yale relies heavily on government grants to pay for scientific research. The grants come with stringent accounting rules that in one recent case Yale did not follow, federal officials said.

I know it's tough, but I'm sure Yale will somehow come out of this okay.

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