On a wind-whipped afternoon under the aerial salute of a great egret, a great blue heron and a host of curious seagulls, officials from the City of New Haven and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History unveiled an educational exhibit at Lighthouse...
Two Yale chemists are among the inaugural class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows recognized for their excellence in chemistry and service to society. William Jorgensen and John Tully, both of whom hold the title Sterling Professor of Chemistry...
For Yale’s chemical engineers, summer is clearly not the “slow season”; in the past few months, they’ve garnered no less than five separate awards and grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research projects ranging from photovoltaics...
Andreas Savvides, the newly named Barton L. Weller Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, focuses his work on wireless embedded systems and wireless sensor networks.His appointment is through June 20, 2013. Savvides, who also holds a faculty...
Two Yale researchers were among 81 recipients of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve health in developing countries. The Yale recipients are David Spiegel, assistant professor of chemistry,...
Experts will discuss and give demonstrations of x-ray diffraction (XRD), an important tool being used to analyze all kinds of matter — from fluids to powders and crystals — at a symposium taking place on Friday, May 29.The inaugural “Yale-Rigaku Symposium...
William L. Jorgensen, newly appointed as a Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been at the forefront of computational chemistry and molecular design.A Sterling Professorship is one of the University’s highest faculty honors.His research in organic,...
Eric Dufresne, recently designated as the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, focuses his research on understanding, controlling and exploring the properties of soft materials.He points out on his faculty website that at the...
Yale researcher Professor Scott Strobel has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the Department of Defense (DOD) in recognition of his efforts to convert chemical byproducts of a Patagonian fungus into an alternate fuel...
Olympic hopefuls flexed their brains, rather than their brawn, when Yale’s Department of Chemistry hosted tryouts for this year’s national Chemistry Olympiad on April 25.The annual competition, which has been sponsored by the American Chemical Society...