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Peter Eisenman is the first Gwathmey Professor

January 15, 2010

Peter D. Eisenman, the inaugural Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice, is an internationally renowned architect and educator whose recent projects include...

Peter Halley Appointed the Leffingwell Professor

January 15, 2010

Peter Halley, newly designated as the William Leffingwell Professor of Painting, is known for his geometric paintings that have been featured in exhibitions...

ISM Exhibit Features the Work of ‘Sociologists With Cameras’

January 15, 2010

In 1935, in order to generate support for New Deal reforms, the Historical Division of the Farm Security Administration — and later the Office of War...

Yale Art Historian To Give Franke Lecture on "Biblical Architecture"

January 14, 2010

Carnegie Professor Emeritus of the History of Art Walter Cahn will deliver the first spring-term Franke lecture at the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC) at...

Cultural Cognition Project Study Sheds Light on Reactions to HPV Vaccine

January 13, 2010

New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the...

Yale School of Architecture Announces Public Lectures for Spring Term

December 23, 2009

Renowned architect Frank Gehry (April 8) and best-selling author Tom Vanderbilt (February 22) will be among the guest speakers at Yale School of Architecture...

Symposium at Yale School of Architecture Looks at Lesson and Legacy of Las Vegas

December 16, 2009

An international array of critics, architects and historians will convene at Yale School of Architecture January 21–23 to consider the long-term impact on...

Yale School of Architecture Names Katherine Farley as Bass Fellow

December 14, 2009

Yale School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern has announced that Katherine Farley, senior managing director of the international real estate developer...

Bruce Gordon Is Designated as the Titus Street Professor

December 11, 2009

Bruce Gordon, the newly appointed Titus Street Professor of Theology, is a specialist in late-medieval and early-modern religious history.

Oona Hathaway Is Named the Latrobe Smith Professor

December 11, 2009

Oona A. Hathaway, newly designated as the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, focuses her current research on the...