The winners of the Theron Rockwell Field Prize and the John Addison Porter Prize were announced on Commencement day.The Theron Rockwell Field Prize is awarded for a poetic, literary, or religious work by any Yale student. The prize was established in 1957...
Nita J. Maihle, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, and of pathology, is the 2013 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.Maihle was honored at an award ceremony on May 29. She also delivered the...
Jason Michael Crawford, assistant professor of chemistry and microbial pathogenesis, has been named a 2013 Searle Scholar.Crawford is one of 15 scholars selected from 176 applicants from 125 universities.“I’m honored and humbled for being selected as one...
Dr. Ismene Leonida Petrakis, Yale School of Medicine professor of psychiatry, has been selected to participate in the 2013, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program. The program is the only one in North America that trains women for...
“The Psychiatric Report: Principles and Practice of Forensic Writing,” edited by Dr. Alec Buchanan and Dr. Michael Norko, won the Manfred S. Guttmacher Award from the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.The...
Holly Powell Kennedy, the Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery, was named executive deputy dean at Yale School of Nursing, effective June 1. Kennedy’s new role is pivotal to the organizational transition occurring at the School.Holly Powell Kennedy“It is...
David F. Swensen, the University’s chief investment officer, was honored with the 2013 Connecticut Association of Independent Schools Award from Hamden Hall Country Day School.Swensen was presented the award by his son, Tim, a 2012 Hamden Hall alumnus, at...
A bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth’s Milky Way and trailing fireballs is the first clear example of a galaxy in the act of dying, scientists argue in new research.Astronomers believe a bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth’s Milky Way...