A non-native strain of the common reed Phragmites australis, found along roadways and marshes all over New England, has been introduced and spread undetected along the eastern seaboard, resulting in dramatic changes in plant populations and altering...
Jocelyn Dow, a member of the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s Panel of Eminent Persons for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next September, will discuss “Rio to Johannesburg: The Path to a Fairer World?” on Wednesday, April...
A series of events to explore the links between the environment and economic development will begin with a forum on “Climate Change: Impacts and Equity Issues” on Wednesday, March 27, at 5:30 p.m. at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental...
Strengthening the bonds between spirituality, science and the natural world is necessary to prevent further environmental decline, according to a newly published book edited by Stephen Kellert, Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale School...
John B. Morrell, a 1986 graduate of Yale College and lead dynamics engineer for the Segway Human Transporter, will be the next speaker in the Sesquicentennial Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series on Tuesday, March 5 at 4 p.m. in Davies Auditorium, 15...
Sixteen students from Hill Regional Career High School and three students from Common Ground Charter School will represent the city in the FIRST Robotics Competition, co-sponsored by Yale University and the United Illuminating Co. Founded by Dean Kamen...
The discovery of a million-year-old skull in Ethiopia indicates that a single species of human ancestor, Homo erectus, ranged from Europe to Africa to Asia in the Pleistocene era, according to the cover article in the March 21 issue of the journal Nature...
Funding of Yale University’s flagship program for broadening access to the sciences by identifying and nurturing talented students has been renewed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Through the Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc. the...
A Yale professor will lead the United States delegation to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) meeting on Women in Physics, which will be held in Paris March 7-9. The delegation was formed under the auspices of The American...