In the November 16 issue of Science magazine, William D. Nordhaus, the Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, provides the first published economic analysis of the Kyoto-Bonn protocol to slow global warming. The protocol, signed by 178 of...
Yale University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported today in a speech at the University of Copenhagen.Additional projects planned by the University will produce...
The Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will discuss how the state government and citizens alike are taking steps to address the potential impacts of climate change, on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 4:30 p.m. at the...
Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, who writes about global warming, alternative energy and the risks associated with human genetic engineering, will speak at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., on April 3, noon–1 p.m....
Yale SOM Senior Associate Dean Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was on hand to ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange this morning.-
Four environmental leaders and co-founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council have been selected to receive Yale Law School’s highest honor — the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit — during its Alumni Weekend 2010 in October.James Gustave...
Michael R. Dove won the 2011 Julian Steward Award for his book “The Banana Tree at the Gate: The History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo.” The award is granted by the Environmental Anthropology section of the American Anthropological...
YaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email.A Field Guide to...
Three students from Yale have been chosen by two highly selective scholarship programs for work or study abroad.Yale senior Sarah Armitage and 2011 graduate Harold McNamara are among 40 scholars nationwide who have received Gates Cambridge Scholarships...
