Yale University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported today in a speech at the University of Copenhagen.Additional projects planned by the University will produce...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced today that Yale is reducing the average cost of sending a student to Yale College by over 50% for families with financial need. This new policy will apply to all students returning to campus in the fall...
Yale University will mark the national holiday commemorating the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a weekend of events titled “The Beloved Community,” January 18–21. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, June 15, 1964, at Yale...
Yale University has enhanced its highly successful Homebuyer Program for employees and extended it for another two years, from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009.The program was created in 1994 by President Richard C. Levin to encourage employees...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will join University President Richard C. Levin for a conversation in Woolsey Hall on September 19 at 4:30 p.m. before an audience of Yale faculty, students and staff. They will discuss Mr. Blair’s tenure as prime...
Both the well-known and less-celebrated achievements of Noah Webster, creator of the first comprehensive American dictionary, will be celebrated at Yale on October 16–17 in commemoration of his 250th birthday. The two-day fête, titled “Shaping a Language...
Elizabeth Alexander, an award-winning poet and Yale professor of African American studies and English literature, has been selected to compose and read an original poem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. “I’m completely...
Huynh Sanh Thong, considered the preeminent translator of Vietnamese poetry and literature into English and the former director of the Yale Southeast Asian Refugee Project, died on Nov. 17 of sudden heart failure. He was 82 years old. Huynh dedicated much...
A new professorship has been established in honor of Yale economist and former provost William C. Brainard by his friends and colleagues.Benjamin Polak has been named the inaugural William C. Brainard Professor of Economics (see related story).The...
Benjamin Polak, who has been named the first William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, is an expert on decision theory, game theory and economic history.The professorship was established by friends and colleagues of Yale economist William C. Brainard...