Marlene SchwartzYale researcher Marlene Schwartz will be the next director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. Schwartz, who is currently associate director of the center, succeeds Kelly Brownell, who co-founded the Rudd Center with...
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...