President Richard C. Levin today announced the appointment of Harold Attridge, the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, as dean of the Yale Divinity School. Attridge, an active Roman Catholic layman, came to Yale in 1997 from the University of...
At a ceremony held in Barcelona last month, Yale professor and literary critic Harold Bloom was awarded the prestigious Catalonia International Prize for his lasting contribution to the humanities. Described in the award citation as “an original thinker...
Randolph Crump Miller, retired professor of divinity at Yale University, died of cancer on June 13, in Hamden, Connecticut. Mr. Miller was the Horace Bushnell Professor Emeritus of Christian Nurture at the Yale Divinity School, where he taught for 29...
Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, will deliver testimony on newborn screening to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families on June...
Providing active drug users with health services during their visits to needle exchange programs serves the dual purpose of cutting the death rate among this group and reducing the burden on hospital emergency rooms by as much as 41 percent, Yale...
A group of New Haven students who adapt plays by Eugene O’Neill to make them personally relevant will perform their most recent works at Yale’s Off-Broadway Theatre, 41 Broadway, on June 16-17 as part of the Arts & Ideas/New Haven Festival. The...
The Dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has been awarded the international environmental Blue Planet Prize by the Tokyo-based Asahi Glass Foundation. The prestigious prize has been awarded annually since 1992 to two...
The dedication of the Donald J. Cohen Auditorium will take place at a day-long ceremony on June 19 at 8:15 a.m. in Harkness Auditorium. The dedication ceremony will include presentations by Dante Cicchetti, Sue Levi Pearl, Abbey Meyers, Duane Alexander...
Yale researchers have discovered a new clump of human brain cells that differ from those of other mammals and may offer clues as to the source of certain mental diseases and disorders, according to an article published this week in the journal Nature....
With a focus on architecture and history set on the Yale campus as well as around the New Haven Green, the Yale Visitor Center will present a series of specialized free summer tours beginning June 14, some of which will be hosted by guides with a deep...