Yale University will host an international conference, “Sholem Asch Reconsidered,” analyzing the life and work of controversial Yiddish author Sholem Asch (1880-1957), from May 13 through 15. The conference is free and open to the public; no prior...
Three Yale professors in the faculty of engineering are among 75 researchers in 25 states selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to receive grants totaling $25 million to improve space exploration research. The Yale...
Yale scientists have discovered that a single enzyme found in certain organisms is capable of providing two amino acids in protein synthesis, increasing the possibility of creating improved antibiotics. This discovery solves the last remaining mystery...
Long committed to public interest law, the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP of New York has chosen four 1999 Yale Law School graduates to be among 27 new Skadden Fellows. Each Fellow in the two-year program will provide civil...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
John Blassingame, a distinguished member of the Yale History faculty since 1970 and former Chair of Yale’s African American Studies Program, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2000. Professor Blassingame rose rapidly at Yale from a lecturer in 1970 to...
New Haven and Yale University will be hosting educators from all over the northeast when the 31st annual Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies convenes here March 8 through 10. An estimated 2500 teachers and school administrators are...
Earning a doctorate in mathematics is an extraordinary achievement, especially if you are an African American woman.
The very first such person ever to earn a Ph.D. in math in the United States (Yale 1949), Evelyn Boyd Granville, will be at Yale from...
A new device that allows at-home testing for glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, has been designed by a Yale physician. M. Marc Abreu, M.D., said he hopes the Alcon Abreu Tonometry System will improve glaucoma...
A recently created Web site that measures candidate preferences reveals a lack of association between respondents’ conscious and unconscious preferences. The Web site, created by investigators at Yale University and the University of Washington, shows...