In the hope of stemming one of the biggest public health crises in Southeast Asia, Yale is partnering with the University of Malaya to fight the spread of HIV among drug users in Malaysia who are completing prison terms and transitioning back into the...
Rodney T. Cohen, formerly of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, has been named as assistant dean of Yale College and director of the Afro-American Cultural Center, announced Yale College Dean Mary Miller.Since 2006, Cohen served as director for...
David Evans, professor of geology and geophysics, has been named a Faculty Finalist in the New York Academy of Sciences’ 2010 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.The awards, which are currently in their fourth year, recognize “highly innovative,...
As the life expectancy of Americans increases, learning how to prevent or delay age-related physical disability has become a major health priority.Yale is one of eight centers in the country that will study whether physical activity and other lifestyle...
An environmental services startup launched by Yale affiliates has won the $25,000 Sabin Environmental Venture Prize for a technology that uses satellite imagery to obtain forest data.Developed by SilviaTerra, the technology will determine the composition...
Two years ago, Professor Alan Plattus of the Yale School of Architecture helped lead an international charette bringing together Yale faculty and students who joined with architects and students from Jordan, Israel and Palestine to design proposals for...
Juan J. Linz, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious 2010 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences.The prize, established in 1987 at the initiative of the Italian Association...
An institute named for Yale psychologist and pediatrian Dr. Arnold Gesell (1880-1961), a pioneer in the field of child development, will mark its 60th anniversary.The Gesell Institute of Human Development is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping...
Yale’s global reach continues to grow. Here are some examples of recent international initiatives. For the complete stories on these initiatives, click on the title of each summary.Yale Week in TurkeyScholarship and showmanship highlighted the first-ever...
For the complete stories on this research, click on the title of each summary.Yale team finds tiny trigger for key chemical structureYale chemist Scott Miller and his team have developed a simple catalyst that triggers the creation of chemical structures...