A number of world-class figure skaters have graced the ice at Ingalls Rink during their time as students, but one Yale computer scientist has for many years been a constant presence there.Michael Fischer has been skating most of his 67 years, and while he...
One of the ways that many Yale affiliates who are new to skating can learn basic skills is through the Yale Figure Skating Club, a member of U.S. Figure Skating (USFS). The club offers lessons for children and adults at all levels — from beginner to...
A reading by Nikki Giovanni, a.k.a. “the black priestess of poetry,” a dinner featuring former NFL player Ryan Stewart and a talk by award-winning alumni artist Titus Kaphar will be among the highlights of Yale’s celebration of February as Black History...
New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, their views on whether or not the vaccine to...
Seymour B. Sarason, who is credited with founding the discipline of community psychology and was a longtime member of the Yale faculty, died on Jan. 29 in New Haven. He was 91.Sarason, professor emeritus of psychology, joined the Yale faculty in 1945 and...
A. Douglas Stone, the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and chair of applied physics, has been elected as a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA).Stone is one of 63 fellows who were elevated to the rank for 2010. He was awarded the honor...