Dr. Joel Gelernter, the newly named Foundations’ Fund Professor of Psychiatry, focuses his research on the genetics of psychiatric illness.The director of the Division of Human Genetics in the Department of Psychiatry, Gelernter seeks to identify genes...
George L. Priest, the newly appointed Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law, is considered one of the nation’s foremost antitrust scholars.He also conducts research and teaches in the areas of capitalism or democracy; products liability; regulated industries...
“The Case of the Spectator,” a multi-media work by Spanish performance artist María Jerez, will make its American premiere Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 23-25, as the first offering in this year’s “No Boundaries” series.Designed to celebrate the diversity of...
The following study by the Cultural Cognition Project appears on the Law School website:Despite the emergence and widespread reporting of scientific evidence, the public is highly divided on climate change and other matters on which there is consensus or...
As the technologies of producing text have changed, so have the ways in which readers receive and interact with written materials. The evolution of this phenomenon in Japan is the focus of a new exhibition at the Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St.“...
Throughout the years, Yale has developed myriad benefits and programs to help working parents manage their personal and professional responsibilities — and for this reason, Working Mother magazine has named the University as one of the nation’s “Best...
As UN personnel, diplomats, and representatives of NGOs gather in New York next week for the summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for addressing compelling world issues from poverty to clean water, Yale Divinity School (YDS) will host a...
It was on Sept. 17, 1787, when 39 of the 55 state delegates to the United States Constitutional Congress signed the U.S. Constitution, formally creating our nation. In 2004, this date was established as a national holiday, and due to the efforts of the...
President Richard C. Levin will interview Fareed Zakaria ‘86, editor of Newsweek International and a weekly host on CNN, in celebration of the official opening of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale on Monday, Sept. 20.Titled “Global...
In a Sept. 15 discussion on campus about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, three noted financial experts shared the view that the sweeping legislation to prevent the kind of financial abuses that recently pushed the world to...