A leading businessman from Brazil and a prominent legal scholar from Singapore will become visiting faculty at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 2003-04. “Having visiting faculty from abroad is now a tradition at the school,”...
Andrew Revkin, environment reporter for The New York Times, will discuss, “The Daily Planet: Why the Media Have Trouble Covering the Biggest Story in the World – The World Itself” on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall at the...
To encourage the development and use of alternative energy sources, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) has purchased $3,500 of “renewable energy certificates,” ensuring that 20 percent of the school’s electricity is...
Experts in energy and the environment and public health and the environment have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Arnulf Grubler, professor in the field of energy and technology and a native of Austria,...
The John Lee, the fastest and lightest solar car ever built by Yale’s Team Lux, which runs at 65 mph under full sunlight using less power than a hairdryer, will race in its first international competition in May 2004 at the Phaethon Solar Car Race in...
Two of Yale Engineering’s newest female faculty, Erin Lavik and Ainissa Ramirez, have been named to the 2003 list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT’s Magazine of Innovation. The Technology Review 100 (TR100), chosen by...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut has teamed up with faculty and staff in Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences to create a high school internship program that fosters interest in science...
Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will discuss “The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC and Beyond,” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall at the Yale School of Forestry &...
Universities are in a unique position to draft licensing and patent strategies for development of life-saving medicines and technologies that benefit low-and middle-income countries, according to an editorial by faculty and students working at the Yale...
Twelve-month-old infants can use previous observations as a basis to understand new interactions, although five-month-olds cannot, according to a Yale study. “This finding shows not only that one-year-old infants are paying attention to the actions of...