Glaciers have carved some of the planet’s most dramatic landscapes, from Yosemite National Park to the Himalayas. Now geologists have discovered that glaciers can do more than erode mountain peaks and shape valleys—they can actually encourage mountain...
Yale and National University of Singapore signed on September 10 a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to continue serious study about establishing a new liberal arts college that might become a model for all of Asia. The Minister of Education for...
Richard Maxwell, a senior lecturer in comparative literature and a scholar of the history of the novel and the intersections between literature and art, died on July 20 of a brain tumor. He was 61 years old.A member of the Yale faculty since 2002, Maxwell...
Coffee, the mostly widely consumed drink on the planet after water, is a beverage surrounded by lore. Its history will be traced in an illustrated presentation on Thursday, Sept. 16, by Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Yale Center for the...
The following story appears in Environment Yale, a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.Urban EcologyOne Saturday morning last fall, a group of New Haven teenagers took to the streets in the face of one of the city’s...
The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University will celebrate its official opening on September 20. The featured event is an interview by Yale University President Richard C. Levin of Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, a...
The following stories are on the Law School website:Students Play Key Role in Historic Proposition 8 Marriage Case; Le Coney ‘10 Shares Thoughts on ExperienceA federal judge’s ruling on same-sex couples’ right to marry in early August was welcome news to...
Using minute devices to achieve big leaps ahead in medical treatment is the focus of the first fall Dean’s Workshop at the Yale School of Medicine, to be held Friday, Sept. 17.“Nanotechnologies in Medical Research” will look at recent advances in...
They have traveled from across the globe — Afghanistan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Russia and Nicaragua, among other far-flung locations — to Yale with the twin goals of learning from and sharing with each other and members of the campus community.This year...
Yale Health Center, a full-service medical center for students, faculty, staff and their dependents, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year in a brand new light-filled building on 55 Lock St. All Yale Health Center departments are fully operational...