Yale junior Deborah Gruen did not expect to win the Bronze Medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing this month, so when she was presented that honor on Sept. 12, she had this to say: “I’m thrilled. I’m excited. I’m exuberant. I’m any adjective you can...
“The Olympics in East Asia” will be the theme of a campus conference on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4.The conference, subtitled “Nationalism, Regionalism and Globalism on the Center Stage of World Sports,” is sponsored by the Council on East Asian...
Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species; the report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy...
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair taught his first class at Yale on September 19, marking the start of the “Faith and Globalization Initiative,” a three-year collaboration among Yale’s Divinity School, School of Management and the Tony Blair Faith...
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will teach his first class at Yale on September 19, marking the start of the “Faith and Globalization Initiative,” a three-year collaboration among Yale’s Divinity School, School of Management and the Tony Blair Faith...
Policymakers, scholars and global leaders in business and diplomacy will gather at Yale Divinity School on September 18–19 for a conference on nuclear disarmament, titled “Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age.”Sergio Duarte,...
Marcia C. Inhorn, who has joined the Yale faculty as the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, is a specialist on the Middle East.At Yale, Inhorn is also serving as chair of the Council of Middle East Studies at The...
Thomas W. Pogge, who has joined the Yale faculty as the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, has written extensively on political philosophy, especially on John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, cosmopolitanism and global justice.Pogge’s work...
When nurse Denise Walsh arrived at Redemption Hospital in Liberia, Africa, which is now just emerging from years of civil war, the basic systems that help hospitals run smoothly and effectively were nowhere to be found. Most beds were empty - except in...
A gift from a Yale alumnus will support research by Yale and Israeli scholars on homeland security and counterterrorism.The gift from Daniel Rose, chair of Rose Associates Inc., and a 1951 graduate of Yale College, will fund a three-year partnership...
