Researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities have identified six distinct “Americas” when it comes to the issue of global warming. One of these groups, the “Dismissive,” who believe global warming is not happening and is probably a hoax, has more...
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was at Yale Law School on February 15 and 16 to discuss the topic, “Making the Constitution Work: A Supreme Court Justice’s View.”The full story is available on the...
Yale University today announced undergraduate term bill increases and expected financial aid improvements for the 2010-11 academic year that continue its position among the most affordable Ivy League institutions.The Yale College term bill – covering...
More frequent tropical cyclones in Earth’s ancient past contributed to persistent El Niño-like conditions, according to a team of climate scientists led by Yale University. Their findings, which appear in the Feb. 25 issue of the journal Nature, could...
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale will host a talk by Andrew M. Mwenda, founding managing editor of Uganda’s The Independent, on Tuesday, March 2.Mwenda’s lecture, titled “Paved with Good Intentions: Africa and the Curse of Foreign Aid,” will...
Supermarket aisles are enticing young eyeballs with more familiar characters, celebrities, toys and movie giveaways on food packaging than ever, according to a Yale University study. Published in the March 2010 issue of Public Health Nutrition, the study...
This year Yale University is sending five of its alumni to the 82nd Academy Awards presentation on March 7. ‘The nominees are: Meryl Streep for Best Actress in her role as Julia Child in “Julie and Julia”; Maury Yeston for Best Song, “Take It All,” from...
Yale University scientists have developed a magnetic solder that can be manipulated in three dimensions and selectively heated, and offers a more environmentally friendly alternative to today’s lead-based solders. Their findings appear in the March 1...
The 13th Annual Liman Colloquium, “Imprisoned,” will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, March 4–5. This Colloquium will explore the issues raised by the incarceration of more than two million people in the United States.The event begins on...
For Indra Nooyi ’80, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, running a global corporation is more than just increasing quarterly profits and maximizing market share. As she explained Feb. 23 at a Leaders Forum lecture, you can’t measure the performance of the...