Title IX — the U.S. civil rights law passed in 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs — has been widely recognized as a crucial step toward gender equality in America. A new Yale study tracks the changing use of...
Tamar Szabó Gendler, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced the appointment of Kurt Zilm, professor of chemistry, as chair of the Department of Chemistry.
Gendler also announced the following reappointments:
Charles Ahn, the William K. Lanman...
Diversity in bacteria — and in all forms of life — ensures the ability to survive random changes in the environment. But when a bacterial band begins to migrate, individual cellular differences present a problem: What happens to the slowpokes?
Yale...
A university committee has made strategic recommendations to bolster Yale’s position as a leading global research university and nurture scientific discoveries with the potential to improve the world. The report recommends bold priorities for investment...
Eliza Smith was a housewife and best-selling author, whose book, “The Compleat Housewife,” is filled with more than 300 recipes for cordials, roasts, pickling — and how to cure the bite of a mad dog.
Smith’s book, which was published in 1727 and is equal...