Susan Hockfield, professor of neurobiology at the Yale School of Medicine, has been appointed dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University President Richard C. Levin announced today. Yale’s Graduate School is the largest of the...
Yale University’s study of human anatomy in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has been selected as one of the showcase applications of the Internet2 Project, a multiuniversity effort to create a leading-edge, national network for...
The environmental impact of the paper and wood industries, from production through consumption and recycling, is the topic of a recently released special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. The peer-reviewed international journal is published...
The Earth Times, an international environmental publication offering news and views on the environment, sustainable development, population and current affairs, recently named Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy,...
The following talks at Yale University April 13-19 are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise. Award-winning artist will be guest at master’s tea Painter, photographer and sculptor William Christenberry will be the featured guest at a...
Bert Bolin, emeritus professor of meteorology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, and former chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is the Zucker Environmental Fellow for 1998. Bolin will present a lecture titled “Science...
The dialogue on race in America initiated by President Clinton will open at Yale University on Monday, April 13, when campus representatives and New Haven community leaders gather in Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College streets, at 8 p.m. to...
The following talks at Yale University the week of April 6-12 are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise. Science historian to give talk at Whitney Humanities Center Steven Shapin, professor of sociology and science studies at the...
Norman E. Johnson, senior vice president of technology, Weyerhaeuser Co., will present the next Yale Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Distinguished Guest Lecture. Titled “Sustainability – The Role of Renewable Resources,” the lecture will be Friday, April...
Robert W. Galvin, chairman of the executive committee of Motorola Inc., a leading firm in paging and cellular telephone technologies, will present the next Sheffield Fellowship address at Yale University. His talk, titled “Is there leadership without...