Pessimism is good. Democracy is something you either use or lose. And water just might be an ideal agent for change in the Middle East. These were the messages shared by several former Yale World Fellows at a TEDx event that took place recently at Yale....
Henry B. Hansmann, the newly named Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law is a scholar of corporate law whose principal focus is on the law and economics of organizational ownership and design.He has written extensively about non-profit organizations, the...
Rajita Sinha, newly appointed as the Foundations’ Fund Professor of Psychiatry, is internationally known for her research on the mechanisms linking stress to addiction.She serves as the director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center, which focuses...
Lynn Cooley, the newly named C.N.H. Long Professor of Genetics, is an authority on oogenesis (egg development). She studies the cellular mechanisms of egg development using Drosophila (the fruit fly) as a model system.Her research focuses on understanding...
Paul Bloom, the newly designated Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology, explores how children and adults understand the physical and social world, with a focus on morality, religion, fiction and art.He is the author or editor of four books,...
“Yale’s alumni activities have gone beyond what we take in a traditional way,” according to Zhou Yan, secretary of the Alumni Association of Tianjin University, the first university established in China (1895). Zhou’s quote comes from an article titled “...
Know a budding Caruso or Beyoncé? Young crooners will have an opportunity to shine in the spotlight at the the New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara.The tournament is holding an open casting call for children ages 12 and under on Tuesday, July...
Yale psychology research scientist Marc Brackett told educators about the power of emotional literacy to change student performance at the TEDxGoldenGateEd conference held in San Francisco in June.
Barbara Bush ‘04 is back at Yale in a new role — orchestrating the Global Health Corps’ (GHC) two-week training and orientation meetings, which are designed to prepare young professionals for public health endeavors around the world.Founded two years ago...
The days will be devoted to learning and the nights to crooning when the International Cabaret Conference holds its 2011 session at Yale July 22-31.The intensive nine-day teaching program — headed by Erv Raible, executive director/artistic director —...