“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature” by Yale professor Susan E. Lederer, might not be in any child’s bag of goodies this Halloween, but aficionados of the legendary monster will likely find the book a timely treat. The richly illustrated...
The Association of Native Americans at Yale is hosting a talk and panel discussion in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 14. All events, which are free and open to the public, will take place in Davies Auditorium, Becton Engineering and...
On the weekend of October 18-19, events celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of English composer William Walton will take place at several venues at Yale University. The celebration consists of concerts, a symposium and an exhibition of...
The annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on British Studies (NECBS) will be held on the campus of Yale University, October 18-19. The NECBS meeting covers a wide range of scholarly panels in British Studies. Panels this year will take up such...
Pierre C. Hohenberg, deputy provost for science and technology and adjunct professor of physics and applied physics has received the prestigious 2003 Lars Onsager Prize from the American Physical Society. Hohenberg received the honor for research...
Carol Browner, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will discuss “The Women in Charge: Women in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership” on October 16, at noon in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, at the Yale School of...
Scenes from Julia Robert’s next feature film, “Mona Lisa Smile,” will be shot on the Yale campus on November 1. In the movie, scheduled to open next year, Roberts plays an idealistic graduate of Berkeley who moves to Wellesley College in 1953 to teach...
The Yale Divinity School Annual Convocation Lecture Series will take place October 14-17. The following are highlights of the series: The series begins on October 14 at 4 p.m. with “A Dearth of Delight,” the first of three Beecher Lectures, “Poetry,...
Herbert M. Allison Jr., the first president and chief executive of AllLearn.org, will resign his duties, effective November 1, to assume the job of chairman, president and chief executive officer of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College...
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition has announced that the fourth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize will be awarded to Robert Harms and John Stauffer. The $25,000 annual award for the year’s best...