The work and philosophies of André Bazin (1918-1958), a renowned French film critic and film theorist, will be explored in a conference taking place on campus Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 4-7.The conference will follow another taking place the last week of...
A 12-member Yale delegation recently spent four days discussing and strategizing about food and agriculture in Turin, Italy, during “Terra Madre,” Slow Food International’s biannual conference.The conference was attended by 7,000 people from over 150...
Hongyu Zhao honoredHongyu Zhao, professor of public health and genetics at the School of Public Health, received the 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman Award.The award recognizes researchers who make outstanding contributions in the field of health statistics.Zhao’...
Carolyn R. Nordstrom, professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the final lecture in the Fall 2008 Franke series, “Mental Geography: Mapping, Cognition, Appropriation, Inscription.” Her talk, titled “emergent(cies)…,” is on...
The Yale Concert Band will feature music from around the world and premiere a composition by a Yale College undergraduate at its performance on Wednesday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of College & Grove streets. The concert is...
In spearheading the restoration of Paul Rudolph Hall, the School of Architecture dean left a mark on Yale. We look forward to his next. It was a time to commend Charles Gwathmey ARC ’62 for his restoration success, and a time to rejoice, as hoards of...
Deborah Stanley-McAulay, who currently serves as director of Yale’s Organizational Development and Learning Center, has been named the University’s chief diversity officer, according to an announcement by Michael A. Peel, vice president for human...
Yale Professor Mark Reed, whose research has contributed to nanotechnology in areas from quantum dots to molecular electronics, has been named a fellow of the IEEE, one of the most prestigious honors given by this professional association for the...
Samantha Power, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and foreign policy specialist, will present an open lecture on November 18 at 4 p.m. in the Presidents’ Room at Woolsey Hall, the corner of College and Grove streets. Power’s talk is sponsored by the Yale...
I am pleased to announce that Yale’s 2008 University-wide Workplace Survey is live this morning and available for you to complete. All staff members are urged to participate as we want, and need, your feedback. The survey will be live from November 17,...