Two Yale poets — Louise Glück and Henri Cole — have won major prizes from the Academy of American Poets.Glück, an adjunct professor of English and the Rosencranz Writer in Residence, has won the Wallace Stevens Prize, awarded by the chancellors of the...
Yale physicist Jack Harris has demonstrated that one doesn’t have to be a research veteran to push back the frontiers of science.Like Einstein, who was only 26 years old when he came up with the theory of special relativity, Harris — an assistant...
Two celebrated playwrights aboard a trans-Atlantic ocean liner have no ending yet for their new musical comedy, which is to debut on Broadway in four days. In the meantime, their composer, being a fool for love, has tossed his score overboard and is...
Florence S. Wald, dean emerita of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and founder of hospice in the United States, died on Nov. 8 at her home in Branford. She was 91 years old.Wald, a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and an American Academy of...
Dr. Franklin H. Epstein, a former Yale professor known worldwide for his accomplishments in nephrology, died on Nov. 5. He was 84 years old.A 1947 graduate of the Yale School of Medicine, Epstein completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where...
The work and philosophies of André Bazin (1918-1958), a renowned French film critic and film theorist, will be explored in a conference taking place on campus Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 4-7.The conference will follow another taking place the last week of...
A 12-member Yale delegation recently spent four days discussing and strategizing about food and agriculture in Turin, Italy, during “Terra Madre,” Slow Food International’s biannual conference.The conference was attended by 7,000 people from over 150...
In spearheading the restoration of Paul Rudolph Hall, the School of Architecture dean left a mark on Yale. We look forward to his next. It was a time to commend Charles Gwathmey ARC ’62 for his restoration success, and a time to rejoice, as hoards of...
Deborah Stanley-McAulay, who currently serves as director of Yale’s Organizational Development and Learning Center, has been named the University’s chief diversity officer, according to an announcement by Michael A. Peel, vice president for human...
I am pleased to announce that Yale’s 2008 University-wide Workplace Survey is live this morning and available for you to complete. All staff members are urged to participate as we want, and need, your feedback. The survey will be live from November 17,...