Navigating our way down the street is something most of us take for granted; we seem to recognize cars, other people, trees and lampposts instantaneously and without much thought. In fact, visually interpreting our environment as quickly as we do is an...
Yale and National University of Singapore signed on September 10 a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to continue serious study about establishing a new liberal arts college that might become a model for all of Asia. The Minister of Education for...
Richard Maxwell, a senior lecturer in comparative literature and a scholar of the history of the novel and the intersections between literature and art, died on July 20 of a brain tumor. He was 61 years old.A member of the Yale faculty since 2002, Maxwell...
Coffee, the mostly widely consumed drink on the planet after water, is a beverage surrounded by lore. Its history will be traced in an illustrated presentation on Thursday, Sept. 16, by Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Yale Center for the...
The following story appears in Environment Yale, a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.Urban EcologyOne Saturday morning last fall, a group of New Haven teenagers took to the streets in the face of one of the city’s...
The following stories are on the Law School website:Students Play Key Role in Historic Proposition 8 Marriage Case; Le Coney ‘10 Shares Thoughts on ExperienceA federal judge’s ruling on same-sex couples’ right to marry in early August was welcome news to...
Using minute devices to achieve big leaps ahead in medical treatment is the focus of the first fall Dean’s Workshop at the Yale School of Medicine, to be held Friday, Sept. 17.“Nanotechnologies in Medical Research” will look at recent advances in...
They have traveled from across the globe — Afghanistan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Russia and Nicaragua, among other far-flung locations — to Yale with the twin goals of learning from and sharing with each other and members of the campus community.This year...
Today marks a significant step forward in Yale’s digital communications, with the launch of the Yale Daily Bulletin (YDB), a new online news and information site serving our community. Like its print predecessor, the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, the...
Craig M. Crews, the newly appointed Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, explores different aspects of developmental and cell biology using a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology and bio-organic chemistry....