Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, a renowned scientist-refusenik from the Soviet Union who was professor emeritus and senior research scientist in mathematics at Yale, died on Feb. 22, in Tel Aviv, Israel, after a long debilitating illness. He was 79.During a...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a research and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, has issued a report reaffirming the “Code of the Street” theory of urban violence developed by Yale professor Elijah Anderson.This validation...
President Richard C. Levin and faculty colleagues will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday, Feb. 17, on the global financial crisis.Organized by the Yale College Council and the Yale Student Investment Group, the free public panel, “Understanding...
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150 year anniversary of publication of his Origin of the Species, Yale has created a webportal, Yale Celebrates Darwin. The portal provides links to information about all the...
Carol R. Ember, executive director of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).The AAAS awarded the distinction to 486 of its members this year. Ember was chosen for...
Dr. Jay Katz, an eminent scholar in reproductive technology law and ethics who served on the Yale Law School faculty for over five decades, died of heart failure on Nov. 17 in New Haven. He was 86 years old.Katz was the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor...
“The Scientific Buddha: Past, Present, Future” is the theme of this year’s Dwight H. Terry Lectures, which will be presented by Donald S. Lopez, the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of...
On April 28–29 Yale Divinity School will host a celebration of the public witness and ministry of William Sloane Coffin Jr., a towering figure of political activism and an icon of the socially conscious 1960s. Coffin preached as the University Chaplin...
Attorneys, law students and professors from across the country will convene at Yale Law School, November 5-7, for “The Future of Animal Law,” a conference exploring how U.S. law is evolving to reflect Americans’ changing attitudes about animals....
Informed discussion can profoundly affect people’s positions on issues of mutual interest, according to an innovative poll conducted at Yale University this weekend. The New Haven Regional Dialogue, a Deliberative Poll conducted at Yale on March 1-3,...