Christine Hayes, the Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Religious Studies, has been appointed co-editor of the AJS Review, the peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Jewish Studies.Published bi-annually by Cambridge University Press, the...
Patrick J. Lynch, senior digital officer at the Office of Public Affairs & Communications, won the Nature Guidebook category of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) for “A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast and Gulf of Mexico.”Co-written with...
Dr. Vincent DeVita has been elected president of the 2012-2013 board of directors of the American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization.Dr. Vincent DeVitaDeVita is the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at the Yale...
A new study of ancient feathers adds weight to the theory that primitive birds — close relatives of feathered dinosaurs — were far less versatile fliers than their modern descendants.A new study of ancient feathers adds weight to the theory that primitive...
Brian Penprase, a Pomona College astronomer, is a frequent presence at Yale these days, and not chiefly at the observatory.Brian Penprase says astronomers make good university leaders because they “are used to contemplating the big picture.”As a 2012-2013...