Steady tectonic motions are causing the European Alps to grow at the same rate that they are eroded, a study by Yale researchers concludes. The result is that this classic mountain belt has maintained its present size for more than 15 million years. “...
A research project evaluating an intervention for low income women to see what would motivate them to get a mammogram revealed that they responded more positively to multicultural messages rather than those targeted to specific ethnic groups. The...
A new center that challenges the traditional view that people are born with a certain intelligence that is fixed throughout their lifetime is opening at Yale University with over $7 million in research grants and contracts. The Yale Center for the...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has appointed David DeFusco as its director of communications and external relations. DeFusco is responsible for media relations, publications, publicizing lecture series and special events, and...
The United States ranks 11th in environmental sustainability, according to a 122-nation study based on a model that was developed at Yale University. The study, sponsored by the World Economic Forum, was released January 25 at the forum’s annual meeting...
Five national and international leaders in environmental management have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The new faculty are Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Conservation Union (IUCN); James Lyons,...
William Nordhaus, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics at Yale and former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, will discuss “The Problem of Global Public Goods” on February 21 at 6 p.m. at the Yale Club of New York City. The...
Yale Psychology Professor Karen Wynn, who studies infants’ ability to recognize and reason about numbers, has been awarded the Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The award, which includes $50,000 in research funding, is...
The discovery in Mongolia of the fossil of a new bird, Apsaravis ukhaana, that lived about 80 million years ago, sheds new light on the evolution of birds. The nearly complete specimen of the small pigeon-sized bird was found at the locality Ukhaa...
Thomas E. Golden, ‘51 B.E., ‘52 M.Eng., president of the Darien-based Thomas E. Golden Realty Co. and its affiliates, has endowed the Thomas E. Golden Professorship in Engineering at Yale University. President Richard Levin said the gift fills an...