The United States ranks 11th in environmental sustainability, according to a 122-nation study based on a model that was developed at Yale University. The study, sponsored by the World Economic Forum, was released January 25 at the forum’s annual meeting...
Five national and international leaders in environmental management have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The new faculty are Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Conservation Union (IUCN); James Lyons,...
Breastfeeding for two or more years reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by 50 percent, according to a study conducted by a Yale researcher among women in China.
The researcher, Tongzhang Zheng, associate professor of epidemiology and public...
Acclaimed writer and advocate for the Haitian-American community Edwidge Danticat will visit the Yale campus and give a reading from her works on February 6 and 7. Born in Port au Prince, Haiti, in 1969, Danticat came to the United States in 1981. Two...
An exhibition of paintings by David Gelernter is on view at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street, now through March 23. The art, primarily a mix of acrylic and pastel or watercolor and pastel, occasionally employs liquid iron, metal...
William Nordhaus, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics at Yale and former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, will discuss “The Problem of Global Public Goods” on February 21 at 6 p.m. at the Yale Club of New York City. The...
The Yale University Art Gallery has received an ownership claim regarding an 1864 painting by Gustave Courbet on loan to the Art Gallery since 1981. The claim was made by the son of the late Josephine Weinmann, a Jewish citizen who left Germany before...
Two new locally owned and operated food service establishments, representative of the reawakening of New Haven as a restaurant and entertainment center, will hold a joint grand opening on Monday, January 22 at 2 p.m. Whimsels and Koffee? Too are two...
Yale University will host a symposium on issues in contemporary Irish film, February 1-4, in the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will feature panels, lectures and discussions with 21 prominent...
The Yale Entrepreneurial Society will host “YES New York: The Yale Venture Summit,” on Thursday, February 8, from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. at The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave.The YES summit is an event that brings together members of the New...