A new technique for measuring the distances to supernovae more accurately than ever before has been developed by a team of scientists from Yale University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a consortium of French laboratories. Type Ia supernovae...
Fifty music educators from schools around the country will be honored for their outstanding work June 10–11 at the second biennial “Symposium on Music in Schools” hosted by Yale School of Music.The symposium will include a keynote address by arts activist...
Harold W. Attridge has been appointed as the first Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School (YDS). The new endowed deanship was created through a $5 million gift from Robert L. McNeil Jr. ’36 B.S. in honor of his grandfather, an 1877 graduate...
Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The researchers, who surveyed 2,129...
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be a trigger of allergy-induced...
Yale University and the University of Minnesota will host the first two Centers of Excellence in Gambling Research established by the National Center for Responsible Gaming.Each center will receive a three-year grant of $402,500 in order to conduct long-...
Fun, fanfare and fond farewells will be on the agenda when Yale celebrates its 308th Commencement weekend Saturday-Monday, May 23-25.The weekend includes a variety of events, from concerts and other performances to receptions and traditional ceremonies....
An estimated 1,000 high school students from seven Connecticut cities gathered in Woolsey Hall on May 6 for a rap concert with the message of non-violence and respect. The event, titled “Rap for Justice,” included performances by the Yale Concert Band,...
Over 250 middle school students from New Haven and West Haven gathered in Davies Auditorium on May 1 to show just how calculating they can be.It was not their deviousness, but their mathematical skills, that the students demonstrated at the third annual...
The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) has presented its first Gibbs Distinguished Staff Awards to four individuals whose “contributions and actions consistently elevate the operations, performance and morale of the school,...