Yale University has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from The Procter & Gamble Co. to help develop a new public health training program in the People’s Republic of China. Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which is an...
A newly discovered species of a winged dinosaur has been named in honor of Yale paleontologist John Ostrom, one of the earliest proponents of the controversial theory that modern-day birds are descended from dinosaurs. News that the raven-sized...
The end of the century will witness an unprecedented change in the worldwide pattern of human settlements – for the first time in history, more people will live in cities and towns than in rural areas. More than simply a demographic shift, rapid...
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 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,...
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...
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...
Five Yale University undergraduate students have been awarded summer internships under a new program sponsored by The Gatorade Co. The internships are intended to broaden the students’ experience in business, industrial or research laboratory settings...
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) recently presented Stephen Kellert, professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, with its prestigious National Conservation Achievement Award in a special ceremony at the federation’s 62nd...