The following is a list of books recently or soon to be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books can forward publishers’ book descriptions to susan.gonzalez@yale.edu....
Five of Yale’s top mental health scientists will discuss current research on a wide variety of topics — ranging from new treatments for bipolar disorder to the impact of exercise and medication on mood disorders and improving learning and memory skills —...
President Richard C. Levin formally welcomed the members of the Class of 2012 to campus during the Freshman Assembly on Aug. 30 in Woolsey Hall. Members of the class of 2012, I am delighted to join Dean Salovey in welcoming you...
Stephen L. Darwall, the newly named Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, has focused his research on the foundations of ethics, moral psychology, moral theory and the history of these subjects.Also a visiting lecturer in law at the Yale Law...
Marcia C. Inhorn, who has joined the Yale faculty as the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, is a specialist on the Middle East.At Yale, Inhorn is also serving as chair of the Council of Middle East Studies at The...
David Scott Kastan, newly appointed as the George M. Bodman Professor of English, is a scholar of early modern English literature and culture, especially Shakespeare and Milton, as well as of the history of the book, and editing and editorial theory....
Thomas W. Pogge, who has joined the Yale faculty as the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, has written extensively on political philosophy, especially on John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, cosmopolitanism and global justice.Pogge’s work...
James E. Rothman, the newly designated Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, is an internationally renowned expert on membrane trafficking, the means by which proteins and other materials are transported within and between cells.Rothman, who...
Chinese musician and educator Wing Ho will be the first Class of ‘57 Visiting Professor of Music Education, serving in the 2008-2009 academic year.Robert Blocker, dean of the Yale School of Music (YSM), announced Wing Ho’s appointment on the last day of...
Two of America’s most celebrated composers are among the six new faculty appointments at the Yale School of Music (YSM), according to its dean, Robert Blocker.The new appointments are for the 2008-2009 academic year.The composers are David Lang, a recent...