Edwin McClellan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of East Asian Language and Literature, whose translation of Natsume Soseki’s “Kokoro” helped make its Japanese author known in the West, died in Hamden, Connecticut on April 27. The cause was lung cancer. There...
The Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management (SOM) announced the creation of an Accelerated Integrated J.D.-M.B.A. program that will enable students to earn both degrees in three years. The new combined program in law and business is unique in...
Experts will discuss and give demonstrations of x-ray diffraction (XRD), an important tool being used to analyze all kinds of matter — from fluids to powders and crystals — at a symposium taking place on Friday, May 29.The inaugural “Yale-Rigaku Symposium...
William L. Jorgensen, newly appointed as a Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been at the forefront of computational chemistry and molecular design.A Sterling Professorship is one of the University’s highest faculty honors.His research in organic,...
The following are among the most recent additions to the selection of netcasts on Yale iTunes U.Found: Missing link in Origin of Scorpion ClawsDerek Briggs, director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History and the William Frederick Beinicke Professor...
Eric Dufresne, recently designated as the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, focuses his research on understanding, controlling and exploring the properties of soft materials.He points out on his faculty website that at the...
The annual “Summertime at Yale” supplement in this issue offers information on activities ranging from tennis to sailing to concerts, exhibitions, talks, city festivals and more. Download a PDF of the “Summertime at Yale” supplement.
Dr. Michael Sernyak, professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, has been appointed the next director of the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC), effective July 1.He succeeds Dr. Selby Jacobs, who is retiring at the end of the academic year....
Jodie Foster has a unique way of conquering her fears: She makes thriller movies. As a result, the Academy Award-winning actress told an audience at a recent Calhoun College master’s tea, she is the least fearful person she knows.A 1985 Yale College...
Two Yale seniors, Matthew Baum of Boston and Jarrad Aguirre of Denver, are among the 20 undergraduates who were selected for USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team.They were chosen for the prize from hundreds of applicants nationwide who were nominated...