The 1950s in France were years of creative, intellectual, and political ferment. The recent past of the Nazi Occupation, the ongoing struggles for independence in Algeria and Indochina, the onset of the Cold War, and the promises and threats of...
The 1950s in France were years of creative, intellectual, and political ferment. The recent past of the Nazi Occupation, the ongoing struggles for independence in Algeria and Indochina, the onset of the Cold War, and the promises and threats of...
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences – the nation’s oldest graduate school – marked the beginning of its 151st year with the arrival of 2,300 students in the humanities, social sciences, biological and physical sciences, and engineering....
By the time they’ve completed their first week on campus, a large group of Yale College freshmen will know the historic neighborhoods, ethnic restaurants, and opportunities for community service awaiting them in the city that will be their home for the...
The following items list recent accomplishments by Yale University faculty and staff: Karl K. Turekian of North Haven, the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Geology and Geophysics, recently received the Maurice K. Ewing Medal for significant original...
With the opening of the 1997-98 academic year, 137 new students were welcomed to the Yale Divinity School on the historic Sterling Divinity Quadrangle. Guy Martin, associate dean of admissions, notes that the new class is unusually diverse, including...
Yale Divinity School Dean Richard J. Wood announced this week that six New Haven residents have been elected Coffin-Forsberg Fellows for the 1997-98 academic year. The non-monetary Fellowships honor the recipients’ service to the community and engage...
Several long-term construction projects on the Yale University campus – including a $37-million renovation of the massive Payne Whitney Gymnasium and ongoing work at Sterling Memorial Library – provided scores of local summer construction jobs, with the...
Longtime Yale University faculty member Donald M. Crothers of Northford has been named Sterling Professor of Chemistry by vote of the Yale Corporation. In his research, Professor Crothers studies the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of DNA and...
Donald M. Engelman of Guilford has been named Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry by vote of the Yale Corporation. In his laboratory, Professor Engelman is working with cell membranes to understand how the one-dimensional...