President Richard C. Levin will lead a Yale University contingent to the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen on March 10-12, 2009.Sustainability Director Julie Newman, faculty members William Nordhaus, Mark...
President Richard C. Levin has appointed the distinguished evolutionary biologist Sir Peter Crane as dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences...
Rajendra K. Pachauri will lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI), University President Richard C. Levin has announced. Pachauri has chaired the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002 and has...
Yale University has joined the other nine members of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) in addressing global warming by adopting greenhouse gas reduction targets for their campuses.“Addressing the impacts of climate change is one...
Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, who writes about global warming, alternative energy and the risks associated with human genetic engineering, will speak at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., on April 3, noon–1 p.m....
For those who tend to view the world through green-tinted glasses, the need to trim budgets because of the rough economy looks like an opportunity as well as a challenge.At least that’s how environmentally-conscious Yale students, staff and faculty see...