The sixth annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, “Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society,” will take place March 27 and 28 in the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The Bouchet...
New Haven residents and Yale historians will gather March 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the New Haven Museum at 114 Whitney Ave. for a unique celebration of the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama. Sharing their eyewitness accounts and photographs, New...
The Yale University Department of Astronomy is planning a series of activities — including talks, movies, exhibitions, concerts and other events — to mark the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, a global effort initiated by the...
Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
The public is invited both to listen and participate as three acclaimed scientists share the passion and excitement of their research in Yale’s Science Saturdays series. The presentations will be held on April 4, 11 and 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in...
Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, who writes about global warming, alternative energy and the risks associated with human genetic engineering, will speak at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., on April 3, noon–1 p.m....
Robert E. Rubin, secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and economic advisor to President Obama, will deliver the Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture at Yale on April 7.The lecture, titled “The Global Crisis and Decision Making,” will take...
Thierry Emonet was trained as an astrophysicist, but this winter he found himself teaching a Yale class full of biology, computer science, engineering and math students who want to learn how to predict the behavior of living organisms.The life sciences...
Noted China Central Television (CCTV) news anchor and commentator Bai Yansong will visit the campus as a Poynter Fellow on Tuesday, March 31.Bai will discuss “American Dream — Chinese Dream: The Future of U.S./China Relations Under the Obama...
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, will give the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale on April 9.His talk, titled “A Historically Relevant Foreign Policy,” will be held at 4 p.m...