The 2009 Paul Mellon Lecture series, titled “Pen and Pencil: Writing and Painting in England, 1750–1850,” will be presented April 14–28, by Duncan Robinson, master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge and former director of the Yale Center...
Butterflies seem able to both attract mates and ward off predators using different sides of their wings, according to new research by Yale University biologists.Trying to find the balance between these two crucial behaviors is one of nature’s oldest...
Yale University researchers received almost $4 million from the state of Connecticut to study ways human embryonic stem cells can be used to treat ailments as diverse as spinal cord injuries, cancer and mental retardation. Five researchers received grants...
Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.Most colors in nature—from the color of our skin to the green of trees—are produced by...
President Richard C. Levin announced today that Yale has received a $50 million gift to establish the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. “The Jackson Institute will become a signature program, marking Yale’s global aspirations. Its teaching programs...
The Yale Whitney Humanities Center (WHC) will host two public events with acclaimed Chinese novelist, critic and short-story writer Can Xue later this month: a reading from her work at 5 p.m. on April 16, and a panel discussion with scholars about her...
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, two-term president of Brazil, will speak at Yale University as a Chubb Fellow, a Downey Fellow and a visiting fellow of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.Fernando Henrique Cardoso, two-term president of Brazil, will...
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edward P. Jones will give a public reading from his work at Yale on April 16, at 7 p.m. The free event will take place in Rm. 101 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street. Part of the John Christophe Schlesinger Visiting...
Author Bliss Broyard will read from and discuss her memoir, “One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets,” on April 16 at 8 p.m. in the Master’s Residence at Branford College, 80 High St.The event, which is free and open to the...
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia will speak at Yale as a Chubb Fellow on April 23 at 4 p.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College streets.The talk is free and open to the public. Sirleaf is the first woman to head an African country. She...