Yale alumnus Michael J. Rooks joined the Yale Institute of Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE) on Oct. 1 as associate director for research facilities.In his new post, Rooks will be responsible for working with Yale faculty in the planning,...
In conjunction with Yale’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Noah Webster (see related story), Sterling Memorial Library is hosting an exhibition about the renowned lexicographer.Titled “Noah Webster: American Patriot and Yale Loyalist...
The following is a list of books recently or soon to be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books can forward publishers’ book descriptions to susan.gonzalez@yale.edu....
It might seem that Judyth Nilsson lives life a bit backwards. She works at Yale in the evenings, and, during the day, puts on her dancing shoes.More specifically, she puts on her tap shoes as she teaches two groups of senior citizens — the performance-...
The first major U.S. retrospective of the art of British landscape and watercolor painter David Cox (1783-1859) will open at the Yale Center for British Art on Thursday, Oct. 16.The exhibit, titled “Sun, Wind and Rain: The Art of David Cox,” marks the...
A pioneering commercial litigator will discuss his role in blocking the construction of several coal-fired power plants in a landmark case that pitted 37 cities against a powerful Texas utility. Stephen Susman of the firm Susman Godfrey will discuss the...
Mark Hochstrasser, the newly named Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, is engaged in research at the crossroads of biochemistry and genetics aimed at understanding at a molecular level how specific eukaryotic proteins are...
Angus C. Nairn, recently named the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry, is noted for his research on the molecular actions of dopamine in the basal ganglia.Nairn has extensive experience in the study of enzymology, protein chemistry and the...
Michael Warner, who has been designated as the Seymour H. Knox Professor of English, has a range of interests that include American literature of the Colonial and Antebellum periods; social theory; media studies; the history of the book; queer theory and...
The American Physical Society (APS) has chosen two Yale physicists to receive two of its prestigious annual awards.Ramamurti Shankar, the John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics, is the 2009 winner of the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, “awarded for...