Yale Divinity School (YDS) will host a festschrift celebration on Monday, Nov. 15 for Adela Yarbro Collins, the Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism & Interpretation at YDS and a leading authority on Jewish and Christian apocalypticism, the...
Doug Kysar will present his inaugural lecture as the Joseph M. Field ‘55 Professor of Law on Monday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Sterling Law Building, 127 Wall St.His lecture is titled “Climate Change, Courts, and the Common Law.” It is free...
There will be a memorial service for the late Seymour B. Sarason, professor emeritus of psychology, on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. in Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Sarason, who died on Jan. 28 at age 91, joined the Yale faculty in 1945 and remained until his...
To the Yale community:I write with shock and sadness to let you know that Frank M. Turner, John Hay Whitney Professor of History and University Librarian, died suddenly this morning. Frank was a dedicated member of the Yale community. In addition to...
A new study by the Yale School of Public Health finds that excessive weight gain during pregnancy and inadequate postpartum weight loss are particularly prevalent among low-income, ethnic minority women. The study appears online in the journal American...
Women who routinely perform moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise for 2.5 hours or more weekly have a significantly reduced risk of endometrial cancer, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has discovered. The findings were presented at the...
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had some generally dismal news for the near capacity audience that came to Sprague Hall on Tuesday for his Jackson Institute-sponsored town hall meeting.The gathering, aimed at...
The American Physical Society has awarded Richard Casten, the D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics, the 2011 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.Specifically, Casten was recognized “for providing critical insight into the evolution of nuclear...
The bicentennial of William Clark’s Map of the West will be commemorated during a symposium on “Cartography and Empire” being held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and Nov. 13.The event also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Howard R. Lamar Center for...
President Obama has awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to Eugenio Culurciello, associate professor of electrical engineering.The awards represent the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and...