Yale has created a new office to coordinate support for the campus’ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LBGTQ) community.The Office of LGBTQ Resources “will provide support for all members of Yale’s LGBTQ community,” said Maria Trumpler, who...
Yale senior Crystal Howser has had two constants in her life: playing hockey and helping people who are less fortunate.A forward on the Yale women’s Bulldogs, Howser believes humanitarian service is simply a requisite of living in any community.The Yale...
The following is a list of books recently or soon to be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books can forward publishers’ book descriptions to susan.gonzalez@yale.edu....
Since I wrote to you on December 16 about Yale’s response to the economic downturn, the prospects for an early recovery have diminished. Unemployment has grown faster than expected. Mortgage and consumer credit delinquencies and defaults are increasing....
Dawn Landino has no trouble distinguishing between Shepards purse and Pussytoes, or chinchbug and sod webworm, or dollar spot and stripe smut.Her knowledge of these weeds, insect pests and turf diseases, respectively, helped earn her a place in Yale’s...
The relationship between Charles Darwin and his ship captain Robert Fitzroy will be the focus of the English Department’s annual staged reading.This year’s event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 5:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Yale Center for...
A demonstration featuring a choreographer of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and the North American premiere of films by Kanai Katsu are among the highlights of a symposium taking place on campus Friday-Sunday, Feb. 27-March 1.Titled “East...
With spring (hopefully) just around the corner, Yale Sustainable Food Project volunteers planted seedlings for the upcoming growing season. A video about the project and the planting may be found at the link below. View Video:Yale...
Talks, performances, a dinner featuring Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and other special events celebrating and exploring African-American identity, culture and heritage will be among the Yale events marking February as Black History Month.This...
Members of the Yale community will be among the scholars, authors, scientists, community activists, musical performers and chefs who will share their expertise this month at festive dinners to benefit Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership (...