Celebrated writer Ted Conover, known for going “undercover” to get firsthand experience about the topics he covers, will read from and discuss his works on October 23 at Yale University, as part of Yale College’s series of “Francis Conversations with...
The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University will host a photo exhibit titled “Yuyanapaq: Para Recordar” (“To Remember,” in Quechua and Spanish, respectively) from October 15 to November 16 at the John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull...
Stephanie E. Smallwood, associate professor of history at the University of Washington-Seattle, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded for the best book written in English on slavery or abolition. The Frederick...
The Yale School of Public Health has received a $10.7 million grant to expand its participation in a national study that will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to understand factors that contribute to their health and development. Last...
The Yale-CURE BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series opens its fall schedule with a program on Humacyte, Inc. on Thursday, October 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Anlyan Center Auditorium, 300 Cedar Street. The series is organized by the Yale Office of Cooperative...
A pioneering commercial litigator will discuss his role in blocking the construction of several coal-fired power plants in a landmark case that pitted 37 cities against a powerful Texas utility. Stephen Susman of the firm Susman Godfrey will discuss the...
Yale’s endowment, which is the largest source of annual revenue for the University, provides substantial support for Yale’s educational, research and public service missions. Yale manages its endowment to provide substantial, sustainable, and consistent...
Students at the Yale School of Architecture handed over the keys to a house that they designed and built to its new owners at a ceremony on Sept. 25 at 20 King Place (at Truman Street).The dedication of the house will mark the completion of the school’s...
Mark Hochstrasser, the newly named Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, is engaged in research at the crossroads of biochemistry and genetics aimed at understanding at a molecular level how specific eukaryotic proteins are...
Angus C. Nairn, recently named the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry, is noted for his research on the molecular actions of dopamine in the basal ganglia.Nairn has extensive experience in the study of enzymology, protein chemistry and the...