Two months ago, Yale economist Pinelopi Goldberg wasn’t working on anything related to global health. But like many scholars, she has recently shifted her research focus to questions bearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former chief economist at the...
On March 24, India’s government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, closing schools and non-essential businesses, and suspending air and rail travel. That same day, Nepal, which borders India to the north, imposed its own...
Small-business owners across the United States were struggling with pandemic-related disruptions and had already laid off large numbers of employees by the time Congress passed its initial relief package, according to the preliminary results of a...
Yale University researchers and colleagues in Hong Kong and China have developed an approach for rapidly tracking population flows that could help policymakers worldwide more effectively assess risk of disease spread and allocate limited resources as they...
Years from now, scholars studying Yale’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will seek firsthand accounts, official records, and other primary sources as they interpret this turbulent period in world and university history.
The University Archives — Yale’s...
Fifty years ago, Yale’s first Earth Day unfolded against a backdrop of unrest.
The previous evening, about 4,500 students and faculty had gathered at Ingalls Rink to discuss a proposed campus-wide strike in solidarity with members of the Black Panther...
It was still February when John Barden, Yale’s chief information officer, began preparing for the disruption to normal campus life that the coronavirus crisis would soon cause. South Korea and Japan had just closed schools in response to COVID-19...
Whether they’re holed up at home or working on the frontlines, people crave diversions from the unfolding crisis. Many turn to streaming services to catch a superhero blockbuster or follow the travails of the shameless miscreants of “Tiger King,” the...
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the economy. Businesses struggle to stay afloat. Unemployment is skyrocketing. Families worry about making ends meet.
Yale economist Giuseppe Moscarini, a labor market expert, says policymakers must move quickly...
As college students nationwide transition to online classes, Yale University Press (YUP) is providing them free access to its ebooks, including digital textbooks, through the end of the semester.
YUP has arranged with digital content providers EBSCO,...