Despite a decade of efforts to find flaws in the unification theory of active galaxies, the theory correctly explains the exotic phenomena of accreting supermassive black holes, a Yale astronomer said today. “Furthermore, the striking parallels between...
A group of astrophysicists at Yale has calculated the fate of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of a galaxy, showing that they spiral inward and coalesce quickly when a large amount of gas is present. The work presented today at the...
Four faculty members named as outstanding teachers were honored at the Yale College Senior Class Day program on Sunday, May 25, and a Yale historian and former master who died this spring was given a posthumous award for his dedication to students. The...
Tonight the Earth, Sun and Moon will all come into a common line and the moon will pass through the Earth’s shadow, an event known as a lunar eclipse, according to M. Sean O’Brien, associate research scientist in Yale’s Department of Astronomy. Lunar...
The following information was inadvertently omitted from the full release distributed on May 9, 2003. Please incorporate the addendum into your story. Rolena Adorno, Reuben Post Halleck Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish and...
Two Yale School of Medicine professors, Linda Bartoshuk, who studies taste receptors, and Arthur Horwich, M.D., who studies protein folding in the cell, are among new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Election to membership in the...
Four Yale University professors were recently elected Fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences class of 2003. The newly-elected Fellows are Michel H. Devoret, professor of physics and applied physics; Donald P. Green, A. Whitney Griswold...
Yale University Provost Susan Hockfield recently announced the appointments of two deputy provosts to help shape and implement the academic, administrative and budgetary policies of the University. Hockfield named Barbara Shailor, currently the director...
Women do smile more than men, but when occupying similar work and social roles, the gender differences in the rate of smiling disappear, a Yale researcher has found.
Also, there are large differences in the degree to which men smile less than women...
The 9th Olin-Yale-Bayer Annual Science Fair, set for March 11 at Yale University’s Commons Dining Hall, corner of Grove and College streets, is dedicated to the memory of Robert Apfel, professor of mechanical engineering and former chair of the Yale...