Three Yale College juniors, Whitney Patrick Haring-Smith, Caroline Louise Howe and Betsy Rose Scherzer, were among 80 undergraduates nationwide who received Morris K. Udall Scholarships for the pursuit of studies in environment science. Yale sophomore...
Pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson will visit the New Haven Reads Community Book Bank and give a talk at Yale’s Rose Police Station and Community Center on April 22.Dr. Carson will tour the Book Bank at 45 Bristol Street at 10 a.m. and speak to members of...
Following a speech at Yale by Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 21, five distinguished Yale experts will hold a panel discussion on different aspects of China’s role as a world superpower.The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will take...
Yale University announces the appointments of two distinguished violinists, Ani Kavafian and Hyo Kang, to the faculty of the Yale School of Music. Kavafian, who will be professor (adj) of violin, is currently on the faculty of the Yale School of Music...
W. S. Merwinphoto credit: Mark Hanauer Renowned poet W. S. Merwin will make two separate public appearances, on April 19 and 20, at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.On April 19, Merwin will read from his work at 7 p.m. The...
David M. Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, will present a lecture titled “Can Newspaper Journalism Survive Blogs, Fox News and Karl Rove?” at the Yale School of Management on April 18, at 11:45 a.m. in the...
Frances Beinecke, president of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will discuss her career of public service and social activism at noon on April 17 in the Dwight Hall chapel, 67 High St.Beinecke is visiting Yale as a Dwight Hall Distinguished...
Yale University Properties celebrates the opening of BreadStar Bakery and Café, a gourmet bakery offering organic breads, muffins, sandwiches, soups and other baked goods.The press and the public are invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 13 at...
Irshad Manji, the best-selling author of “The Trouble with Islam Today,” will give a talk at Yale’s Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., today, April 11, at 4:30 p.m. Titled “From Jihad to Itjihad,” the talk is sponsored by the Yale International Securities...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. will present the 27th Annual Yale University Seton Elm and Ivy Awards on Wednesday, April 12, noon to 2 p.m., at a luncheon in the Presidents Room of Woolsey Hall.The...