School Development Program founder and Yale Child Study Center professor Dr. James P. Comer has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.Dr. James P. ComerThis commission is charged with...
Yale will celebrate the opening of its new Institute for Network Science (YINS) on Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at 17 Hillhouse Ave. The institute’s research will explore fundamental properties of networks as they appear throughout the biological,...
There was a time early in his son’s addiction to methamphetamines and heroin that David Sheff reacted with disbelief when told that addiction is a disease.Journalist David Sheff, author of the bestselling “Beautiful Boy — A Father’s Journey Through His...
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Fareed Zakaria ’86 B.A. will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Feb. 26.Fareed ZakariaHis talk — titled “Is the American Dream Dead?” — will take place 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127...
“Governments should be separate from ideologies, and elected representatives of the people should determine the laws that govern them,” said Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a recent talk at Yale.Shirin EbadiMore than...
This year’s midterm elections are unlikely to break the political impasse currently rankling the nation, the Huffington Post’s senior data scientist told a Yale audience recently.At the panel discussion (from left) Jacob Hacker, David Mayhew, Eitan Hersh...
True to recent history, the 2014 elections featured an electorate largely critical of a president midway through his second term in office, Yale political scientists said. The only surprise was the degree of discontent.“The election had more of a...
Hundreds of Yale students, faculty, and staff silently splayed themselves out in the street on Dec. 5 to protest the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown Jr., and other black men and women during altercations with police.The demonstration extended for...