Willis Jenkins, newly reappointed as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, focuses his research on environmental ethics, sustainable communities, global ethics and theological ethicsHis appointment is through June 30, 2012.Jenkins, who...
A new dimension to on-campus computing capabilities for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) was ushered in this spring when two new high-performance computing clusters — “Bulldog J and K” — went online. “The University decided to step in and provide a...
University librarian Alice Prochaska will step down from her Yale post in September 2010 to become the principal of Somerville College at Oxford University, President Richard C. Levin has announced.Prochaska has been Yale’s head librarian since August...
Global political-economic affairs and the challenges of leadership were the focus of the third India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Program, held June 20-27.The 2009 cohort of members of India’s parliament participated in a four-day program on the Yale...
Three scholars have joined the Yale Divinity School (YDS) faculty as assistant professors, according to an announcement by Harold Attridge, the school’s Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean.The new faculty are Chloë Faith Starr, an expert in the Chinese literary...
Yale staff member Eliza Cleveland hopes to sail through the summer more quickly than ever this year — at least, that’s what she’ll have to do in order to win the races in which she’ll be competing.Cleveland, director of external communications for Yale’s...
The Yale University Art Gallery has purchased preparatory drawings by American artist Edward Hopper for two of his most famous paintings, “Rooms by the Sea” (1951) and “Western Motel” (1957) — both of which are in the gallery’s collection.Preparatory...
An exhibition that examines the impact of the current economic crisis in the workplace is currently on view at The Parachute Gallery, a collaboration of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, and the...
A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 17, for Robin Siegel Theurkauf, a lecturer in political science, who died on July 10 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 51.The service will take place at 11 a.m. at Marquand Chapel at the Divinity...
A new exhibit at the Yale Divinity Library provides a glimpse into the life and work of Charles and Joy Sheffey, American Methodist medical missionaries who served in Wembo Nyama in the Belgian Congo between 1922 and 1946.The exhibit, titled “Charles and...