Rwanda. Congo. Somalia. Violent regional and ethnic tensions have erupted in Africa in recent years, leaving thousands dead, wounded and driven from their homes. The first step in preventing a repetition of these tragedies is to understand them...
A bequest to Yale University from Germain Seligman provided 10 Yale undergraduates with scholarships totaling $155,789 during the recently completed 1997P98 academic year. This is the fourth consecutive year that Yale undergraduates benefitted from the...
More than 300 teachers, principals, parents and policy-makers interested in school-based child care are expected to attend the ninth annual School of the 21st Century conference, titled “Schools as Family and Community Resources: Ten Years of Experience...
Social studies teachers from around the country and across town have converged on Yale to study Africa, China, Russia and other nations in the news. The goal is to give educators the latest and most complete information about what they cover in their...
More than one-third of the sickest infants examined recently in an urban hospital emergency department tested positive for cocaine exposure, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. The finding suggests that passive exposure to crack-cocaine...
More than one-third of the sickest infants examined recently in an urban hospital emergency department tested positive for cocaine exposure, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. The finding suggests that passive exposure to crack-cocaine...
The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival will take a breather from classical music to celebrate George Gershwin’s 100th birthday on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, at the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate in Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills. The Norfolk...
Ronald R. Coifman of North Haven, a mathematician who is noted for his work in data compression and restoration, has been named the Phillips Professor of Mathematics by vote of the Yale Corporation, Yale’s governing body. Coifman, a professor in both...
Richard Beals of Hamden, a Yale alumnus and longtime faculty member, has been appointed the James E. English Professor of Mathematics by vote of the Yale Corporation, Yale’s governing body. Beals’ research is in the areas of differential operators,...
Yale Law School will host five working journalists during the 1998-99 academic year. The Fellowships in Law for Journalists bring mid-career reporters to the University for a year to improve their understanding of legal and policy issues. Those who...
