Four Yale professors have been elected by their peers in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as fellows in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.They are: Mark...
There’s something about swirling vortices that’s mesmerizing — whether in churning ocean currents or curling threads of smoke from a fire. But when Nick Ouellette stares at such patterns, it isn’t the swirls that catch his attention. It’s the places in...
Lisa D. Pfefferle, newly named as the C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor of Engineering, is an expert in the areas of combustion kinetics and chemical reaction engineering.Pfefferle’s concentration is in catalytically stabilized hydrocarbon fuels and analyzing...
Alanna Schepartz, the Milton Harris ‘29 Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, has been chosen to present the inaugural Chemical Biology Lectureship by the American Chemical Society (ACS).The lectureship, which is jointly sponsored by the ACS Division of...
Jack Harris, an associate professor of physics, has received one of this year’s Young Faculty Awards (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is one of 33 “rising stars” across the country to receive the accolade.DARPA, which...
Nancy A. Moran, the inaugural William H. Fleming, M.D. ’57 Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is an internationally recognized expert on evolution whose research focus is on symbiosis, particularly that between multicellular hosts and microbes...
After spending 24 hours combing the woods, rivers and beaches of Stratford, Connecticut, and finding a record 977 species, Yale volunteers who took part in the latest BioBlitz have again made some unusual findings.A rare insect, a shrimp-like crustacean...
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences held its inaugural symposium on Oct. 16 at West Campus.The day-long event was a dual-pronged celebration: first, honoring the gift by the Sacklers that helped...
The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce recently honored Bruce D. Alexander, vice president for New Haven and state affairs and campus development, with its Community Leadership Award.“For the past 11 years, on behalf of Yale, Bruce has devoted himself...
On a wind-whipped afternoon under the aerial salute of a great egret, a great blue heron and a host of curious seagulls, officials from the City of New Haven and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History unveiled an educational exhibit at Lighthouse...
