Thomas Pollard, formerly of the Salk Institute, Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Medical School, will join the Yale University faculty this fall in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. A graduate of Harvard Medical...
Students in Yale University’s Department of Engineering will hold “Robot Wars 2001,” Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m., in Davies Auditorium of the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center at 15 Prospect Street, New Haven. The students in the...
Researchers at Yale University have succeeded in making RNA biochips, which in the future may be engineered to detect a wide range of compounds important in medicine, industry and even for biological and chemical warfare defense. “We should be able to...
Steady tectonic motions are causing the European Alps to grow at the same rate that they are eroded, a study by Yale researchers concludes. The result is that this classic mountain belt has maintained its present size for more than 15 million years. “...
A research project evaluating an intervention for low income women to see what would motivate them to get a mammogram revealed that they responded more positively to multicultural messages rather than those targeted to specific ethnic groups. The...
A new center that challenges the traditional view that people are born with a certain intelligence that is fixed throughout their lifetime is opening at Yale University with over $7 million in research grants and contracts. The Yale Center for the...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has appointed David DeFusco as its director of communications and external relations. DeFusco is responsible for media relations, publications, publicizing lecture series and special events, and...
The United States ranks 11th in environmental sustainability, according to a 122-nation study based on a model that was developed at Yale University. The study, sponsored by the World Economic Forum, was released January 25 at the forum’s annual meeting...
Five national and international leaders in environmental management have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The new faculty are Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Conservation Union (IUCN); James Lyons,...
William Nordhaus, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics at Yale and former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, will discuss “The Problem of Global Public Goods” on February 21 at 6 p.m. at the Yale Club of New York City. The...