Yale senior Crystal Howser has had two constants in her life: playing hockey and helping people who are less fortunate.A forward on the Yale women’s Bulldogs, Howser believes humanitarian service is simply a requisite of living in any community.The Yale...
The following is a list of books recently or soon to be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books can forward publishers’ book descriptions to susan.gonzalez@yale.edu....
Yale University Properties welcomes Willoughby’s Coffee & Tea to 194 York St. in Downtown New Haven.Members of the Press are invited to the Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new shop, which will take place at 194 York Street on Thursday,...
Yale University announced today that it is increasing its annual voluntary payment to the City of New Haven to more than $7.5 million.“While the University is dealing with its own budget challenges, Yale University is a citizen of this community and feels...
When it comes to getting to work, it’s arriving on time, not the journey itself, that usually matters most to employees, but Holly Parker, director of Yale’s Transportation Options program, is working to get the University’s carbon-consuming commuters to...
Edward Rugemer wins award for book on civil warEdward Rugemer, assistant professor of African-American studies and of history, has been awarded the 2009 Avery O. Craven Award of the Organization of American Historians (OAH).The award is for Rugemer’s book...
Since I wrote to you on December 16 about Yale’s response to the economic downturn, the prospects for an early recovery have diminished. Unemployment has grown faster than expected. Mortgage and consumer credit delinquencies and defaults are increasing....
Yale Divinity School is expanding its international student exchange program, establishing ties to two theological schools in Asia to complement ongoing programs in Germany and England.In an open letter to students, Yale Divinity School Dean Harold...
Shashi Tharoor, chairman of Dubai-based international investments company Afras Ventures and former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, will be the speaker at the 16th Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture on March 4.His talk is titled “India...
You don’t have to spend years training to be an astronaut, or even pay a million dollars as a space tourist, to tour the cosmos. Now members of the Yale community, New Haven school groups and the general public can by whisked off to space without even...