To encourage the development and use of alternative energy sources, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) has purchased $3,500 of “renewable energy certificates,” ensuring that 20 percent of the school’s electricity is...
Experts in energy and the environment and public health and the environment have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Arnulf Grubler, professor in the field of energy and technology and a native of Austria,...
The John Lee, the fastest and lightest solar car ever built by Yale’s Team Lux, which runs at 65 mph under full sunlight using less power than a hairdryer, will race in its first international competition in May 2004 at the Phaethon Solar Car Race in...
Two of Yale Engineering’s newest female faculty, Erin Lavik and Ainissa Ramirez, have been named to the 2003 list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT’s Magazine of Innovation. The Technology Review 100 (TR100), chosen by...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut has teamed up with faculty and staff in Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences to create a high school internship program that fosters interest in science...
Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will discuss “The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC and Beyond,” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall at the Yale School of Forestry &...
Yale paleontologist Derek Briggs, a leading authority on the Burgess Shale fossils, will hold a news conference at the Peabody Museum August 28 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss “The Burgess Shale: Evolution’s Big Bang” exhibit, which will open August 30. “The...
The cost of wildfires is vastly underestimated because federal and state agencies do not share or collect enough data on the impacts of fires, according to a report released by the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at the Yale School of Forestry...
Eye black grease, a combination of beeswax and pigment used by many athletes to combat sun glare, provides better contrast sensitivity than anti-glare stickers, Yale researchers have found. “Eye black grease appears to be more than just psychological...
The W.M. Keck Foundation, a leading supporter of high impact medical research, science and engineering, has named Kevin White, an assistant professor of genetics at Yale School of Medicine, one of five grant recipients under its Young Scholars in Medical...