The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will co-sponsor a reception and discussion on the theme “The Role of the University in an Era of Globalization: Building Partnerships...
Yale University has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from The Procter & Gamble Co. to help develop a new public health training program in the People’s Republic of China. Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which is an...
A newly discovered species of a winged dinosaur has been named in honor of Yale paleontologist John Ostrom, one of the earliest proponents of the controversial theory that modern-day birds are descended from dinosaurs. News that the raven-sized...
The end of the century will witness an unprecedented change in the worldwide pattern of human settlements – for the first time in history, more people will live in cities and towns than in rural areas. More than simply a demographic shift, rapid...
Yale University’s study of human anatomy in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has been selected as one of the showcase applications of the Internet2 Project, a multiuniversity effort to create a leading-edge, national network for...
The environmental impact of the paper and wood industries, from production through consumption and recycling, is the topic of a recently released special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. The peer-reviewed international journal is published...
The Earth Times, an international environmental publication offering news and views on the environment, sustainable development, population and current affairs, recently named Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy,...
The following talks at Yale University April 13-19 are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise. Award-winning artist will be guest at master’s tea Painter, photographer and sculptor William Christenberry will be the featured guest at a...
Bert Bolin, emeritus professor of meteorology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, and former chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is the Zucker Environmental Fellow for 1998. Bolin will present a lecture titled “Science...
Norman E. Johnson, senior vice president of technology, Weyerhaeuser Co., will present the next Yale Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Distinguished Guest Lecture. Titled “Sustainability – The Role of Renewable Resources,” the lecture will be Friday, April...