Seymour B. Sarason, who is credited with founding the discipline of community psychology and was a longtime member of the Yale faculty, died on Jan. 29 in New Haven. He was 91.Sarason, professor emeritus of psychology, joined the Yale faculty in 1945 and...
A. Douglas Stone, the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and chair of applied physics, has been elected as a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA).Stone is one of 63 fellows who were elevated to the rank for 2010. He was awarded the honor...
The Yale Black Men’s Union (BMU), a student-run organization, will hold its annual “Tribute to Black Women” on Friday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the Omni Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple St.The annual event honors “the impact that black women make in our lives...
A special installation now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery showcases a graphic artist’s “visual language” for depicting timeless philosophical messages.Titled “Jane Davis Doggett: Talking Graphics,” the display will continue through March 7....
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Alberto Manguel, internationally acclaimed essayist, novelist, anthologist, translator and editor, will deliver the Finzi-Contini Lecture under the auspices of the Whitney Humanies Center (WHC).Manguel’s talk, titled “Borges and the...
Illustrator Michael Sloan and cartoonist Tom Tomorrow will discuss “The Art of Politics” on Friday, Feb. 5, at an event sponsored by the Edith B. Jackson Child Care Program at Yale.Their talk will take place at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34...
Yale Law School professor emeritus and alumnus Daniel J. Freed, a pioneer in the criminal justice process and a key figure in the development of clinical education at the Law School, died Jan. 17 in New York. He was 82.Freed was clinical professor...
For the complete stories on this research, click on the title of each summary.Wide disparities found in age of hospitalization for different racesBlacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers — about five-and-a-...
Two Yale affiliates traveled to Spain in November to present their research on the clinical efficacy of urine toxicology in pain management.The two — Dr. Nalini Vadivelu, professor of anesthesiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale College senior...
The special section aimed at Yale staff members this month features a story about working parents finding help via Yale resources.For more news from working@yale, visit http://www.yale.edu/working.DOWNLOAD PDFA PDF of “Working @ Yale” may be downloaded...