The Yale University Department of Astronomy is planning a series of activities — including talks, movies, exhibitions, concerts and other events — to mark the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, a global effort initiated by the...
Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders will host a visit by Holly Arnold Kinney and Virginia Scharff on Thursday, March 26.Their lecture, titled “From Taos Lightning to Tanka Bars: A Conversation on the Foods, Cultures and...
“The Blessing of a Broken Heart,” a play based on a mother’s award-winning memoir about the murder of her son in Israel, will be presented at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, at the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.The play was adapted for the stage and...
For those who tend to view the world through green-tinted glasses, the need to trim budgets because of the rough economy looks like an opportunity as well as a challenge.At least that’s how environmentally-conscious Yale students, staff and faculty see...
Ernesto Zedillo, named as the inaugural Frederick Iseman ‘74 Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, is a noted economist who has been a leading voice on globalization, especially its impact on relations between developed and...
David Joselit, newly designated as the Carnegie Professor of the History of Art, has worked as a scholar and critic on pivotal moments in modern art ranging from the Dada movement of the early 20th century to the emergence of globalization and new media...
Bonnie T. Fleming, the newly appointed Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics, is noted for her research on neutrinos, the tiniest building blocks of all matter.Her experimental research program focuses on precision tracking experiments looking for...
For four decades now, members of the Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa — both current students and alumni — have gathered at an annual banquet to pay tribute to their current and former teachers by presenting them with the DeVane Award, the University’s...
The Yale Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of a stage production of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s famed novel “Notes from Underground,” a passionate, obsessive and contradictory confession of a tormented soul.The new play, starring Obie Award-...