Yale scientist Menachem Elimelech will receive the 2008 Lawrence K. Cecil Award for outstanding contributions to the fields of chemical and environmental engineering at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) on November...
Research collaboration among scientists working in the traditionally unrelated fields of biology, physics and engineering will accelerate at Yale, thanks to a gift from Dr. Raymond and Beverly Sackler. “As a physician, I have believed that biomedical...
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Yale have found that victims of political violence were much more likely to report abusing their female partners after immigrating to the United States For many U.S. immigrants,...
Andrew Revkin, Environment Reporter for the New York Times, will speak at Yale University on November 12, 6:00 p.m., in the Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street.Revkin’s lecture, “The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming, from the North...
Yale will offer a new Ph.D. program in physical and engineering biology, bringing together disciplines that have traditionally been studied independently. The Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology (IGPPEB) will use an...
If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study published in Open Atmospheric Science Journal by a group of 10 scientists from the United States, the...
Growing up, Matthew Eckelman couldn’t stand to see his parents toss a soda can in the garbage. “I was one of those kids who annoyed my parents to no end trying to get them to set up household recycling,” he says. “Now, they’re even more ardent about...
The State of Connecticut’s highest honor for technological achievement, the Medal of Technology, was presented this year to Yale Professor Tso-Ping (T.P.) Ma for his pioneering work in semiconductors.The Connecticut Medal of Technology is awarded by the...
The Yale-CURE BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series presents a special panel discussion on Thursday, November 13, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Anlyan Center Auditorium, 300 Cedar Street. The Yale Office of Cooperative Research and Connecticut United for Research...
Paul Anastas, the inaugural Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment, is widely regarded as the “father of green chemistry.”Green chemistry is the study of how to design chemical products and processes in...