A new exhibition at the Sterling Memorial Library pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist and South Africa’s first post-apartheid president, as he celebrates his 90th birthday this year.Titled “Long Road to Freedom,” the exhibition...
Scholars from the United States and China will gather on campus on Thursday, Nov. 6, for a one-day symposium on nutritional challenges facing China today, with an emphasis on South China.Titled “Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: A Symposium on Public Health...
Members of the Yale Forests Program talked about sustainable forestry practices during a program held near Yale Myers Forest on Oct. 19. The day included a tour of Cranberry Hill Farm in Ashford, Connecticut, one of the nearby farms with which Yale has...
In this time of economic uncertainty, Yale staff members can show their concern for their less privileged neighbors by contributing to the 2008 Yale United Way Campaign, which is now underway.“The partnership between Yale University and United Way is...
The University celebrated the 250th birthday of its famous alumnus Noah Webster with an offering of free cupcakes decorated with words. In honor of the lexicographer and spelling reformer, fourth-grade students from New Haven’s Wexler Grant School were...
Margaret Grey, dean of the Yale School of Nursing and the Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing, was presented the “Outstanding Nurse Scientist Award” by The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, the research arm of the American Academy of...
Bruce F. Carmichael has been named deputy dean for academic administration in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, effective Nov. 17. “We are extremely fortunate to have Bruce join us at this time of growth and strategic planning for our new...
Yale School of Medicine has received a two-year, $2.5 million contract from the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to boost the quality of physicians’ healthcare delivery, especially in the area of chronic asthma and childhood...
Nearly 50 years ago, Yale scientist George Veronis helped found a program at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) through which researchers from around the world could discuss and debate how water and other fluids move in the ocean, on planets...
Microsoft External Research has named Jun Korenaga, Yale associate professor of geology and geophysics, as an A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award winner for his research on how the movement of Earth’s surface plates contributes to the...