October 15, 2010Dear Members of the Yale Community:I write in response to concern over the DKE incident on Yale’s Old Campus Wednesday evening. I speak for the University in expressing my outrage that such words were shouted on this campus.That said, I...
In August of 1890, American artist John La Farge (1835-1910) and his friend, the renowned historian Henry Adams (1838-1918), embarked on a journey to the islands of the South Pacific that would keep them away from home for more than a year — with stops in...
Scientists in two new research centers at West Campus — the Systems Biology Institute and the Microbial Diversity Institute — are taking different approaches to understanding the processes that govern life on earth.Here is a brief look at their work....
Sixty-three percent of Americans believe that global warming is happening, but many do not understand why, according to a national study conducted by researchers at Yale University.The survey, titled “Americans’ Knowledge of Climate Change,” found that...
When it comes to welding, School of Art lecturer Brent Howard is the “dominator.”That, at least, is the appraisal of judges on a recently launched television show on the DIY Network, which pitted Howard and two other welders — considered among the best in...
Maria Machado, a 2009 World Fellow at Yale, was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in a nationwide vote on Sept. 27.A longtime foe of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Machado was one of two opposition candidates to win the most votes. She ran...
The career and legacy of internationally renowned architect and former Yale faculty member James Stirling (1924-1992), who is regarded as one of the most important and innovative architects of the 20th century, will be highlighted in concurrent...
Dr. David F. Musto, the leading historian of drug policy in the United States died Oct. 8 while in Shanghai for a ceremony marking the donation of his books and papers on the history of drug policy to Shanghai University and the establishment there of a...
Peter Diamond, a 1960 graduate of Yale College who now teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is one of three noted economists to share the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Oct....
Awards and Honors.Professor wins $852,000 grant for work in pediatric disaster trainingMark X. Cicero, assistant professor in pediatric emergency medicine, was awarded a Targeted Issue Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s...