Seth Herzon, assistant professor of chemistry, was awarded a Searle Scholar Award of 2010 on April 9.The award, worth $300,000 over three years, is given annually to 15 junior faculty members nationwide from all disciplines. Herzon’s peers at Yale...
A week-long workshop and a one-day symposium on the history and culture of the Jews of North Africa will take place at Yale April 21-28.A group of 12 scholars from Israel, France, Morocco and the United States will come to campus on Wednesday, April 21,...
Last summer, Yale School of Nursing doctoral student Rose Nanyonga Clarke retraced a 32-mile journey on foot that she had made 20 years before at age 17, when she was disowned by her family and scorned by her village in Uganda for refusing to participate...
From solar energy and mouse brain imaging to robotic assistants and tiny fuel cells that might one day power your iPhone, the research being done by Yale’s engineers today is on the cusp of becoming the technology of the future.For four researchers in the...
Penelope Laurans, associate dean of Yale College, special assistant to the president and lecturer in English, has been named the next master of Jonathan Edwards College (JE) for a four-year term, beginning July 1.“The friends and fellows whom Dean Miller...
Former chief of the New Haven Police Department Jim Lewis will oversee the Yale Police Department (YPD) on an interim basis after current chief James Perrotti retires on June 30, President Richard C. Levin has announced.The University will launch a...
A correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) and a Turkish news anchor will visit the campus this week as guests of the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.Robert Krulwich of NPRRobert Krulwich, a correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk, will present a talk...
“Luminous Transportations,” a site-specific installation by artist Jo Yarrington, will be on view through April 27 in Marquand Chapel at Yale Divinity School (YDS), 409 Prospect St.The work consists of a ribbon of 80 translucent photographs that wrap...
To Deans, Directors, and Senior Yale Staff:As you know, Jim Perrotti will be retiring on June 30, 2010 after 37 years of devoted service to the Yale Police Department, the last 12 as chief. As with prior appointments of a new chief, Yale will be launching...
Former president of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus will visit the campus on Wednesday, April 14.Titled “The Role of Education in Post-Soviet Political Development,” Adamkus’ talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The lecture...