Akhil Reed Amar, newly designated as Sterling Professor of Law, is a scholar of constitutional law, the Bill of Rights and criminal procedure.Amar is a co-editor of a leading law casebook, “Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking,” and is the author of...
Heather Kristin Gerken, the inaugural J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, is one of the country’s leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process and the relationship between diversity and democracy.Gerken is...
“No Boundaries: A Series of Global Performances” presented by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the World Performance Project at Yale, will kick off its 2008-2009 season Nov. 10-15 with a Festival of International Dance.The festival features new work by...
The important role that books continue to play in an age in which information is so easily accessed and disseminated will be examined in an academic conference on Friday, Nov. 14, marking the 100th anniversary of the Yale University Press.“Why Books...
Joseph W. Gordon, acting dean of Yale College, has announced the 2008 recipients of three annual awards for outstanding junior faculty: the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize, the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize, and the Poorvu Family Award.Each prize carries an...
The University’s fundraising appeal has long been critical in helping the United Way of Greater New Haven address the pressing issues facing the community, but just as valuable are the individual efforts of Yale volunteers, say United Way officials.To...
“Crazy in Japan” is the title of a conference to be held Friday-Saturday, Nov. 14-15, at Yale.The event — subtitled “Ethnographic Perspectives on Psychiatry and Mental Illness” — is sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies, part of the MacMillan...
Yale has been one of United Way of Greater New Haven’s staunchest supporters of Success by 6 (SB6), an initiative that is working to ensure that young children in the area enter kindergarten ready for school.Experts have long known that children’s...