Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, widely credited as the father of behavioral economics and author of the 2011 best-seller “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” will deliver the 2013 Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20.Daniel KahnemanFree...
U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey will read from her collection “Thrall,” which includes material developed while she was a Beinecke Fellow at Yale in 2009. The event — which will take place on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 4:30 p.m., at the Beinecke Rare...
Fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways, Yale researchers have discovered. While the finding may not help people shed excess pounds, it may shed light on how to prevent health problems associated with weight gain.Expanding lipid droplets in cell,...
North Korea, which just conducted its third nuclear test, is using its weapons program to deter the United States by holding its allies “hostage,” according to Paul Bracken, who teaches management and political science at Yale.The spread of the atom bomb...
Yale Opera will perform Bellini’s bel canto piece, “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” which retells the legend of the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. The new production features the work of music director Speranza Scappucci, stage director Marc Verzatt,...