Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, a renowned scientist-refusenik from the Soviet Union who was professor emeritus and senior research scientist in mathematics at Yale, died on Feb. 22, in Tel Aviv, Israel, after a long debilitating illness. He was 79.During a...
President Richard C. Levin and faculty colleagues will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday, Feb. 17, on the global financial crisis.Organized by the Yale College Council and the Yale Student Investment Group, the free public panel, “Understanding...
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150 year anniversary of publication of his Origin of the Species, Yale has created a webportal, Yale Celebrates Darwin. The portal provides links to information about all the...
Carol R. Ember, executive director of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).The AAAS awarded the distinction to 486 of its members this year. Ember was chosen for...
Dr. Jay Katz, an eminent scholar in reproductive technology law and ethics who served on the Yale Law School faculty for over five decades, died of heart failure on Nov. 17 in New Haven. He was 86 years old.Katz was the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor...