Z. Jimmy Zhou, newly designated as the Marvin L. Sears Professor of Visual Science, studies the physiology and development of the mammalian retina under normal and pathological conditions, as well as the organization and function of retinal synapses and...
First, some hard facts: Over 1,300 people in New Haven are without a place to stay each night, and there are only 300 beds in the system for them to use. An estimated 4,000 people in the city experience homelessness at some point during the year, many of...
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale is sponsoring “A Conversation with Erica Goode, Environment Editor at The New York Times” on Monday, Nov. 15.The conversation will take place during a master’s tea at 4:30 p.m. in Calhoun College, 189 Elm St....
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...