Douglas A. Kysar, the newly named Joseph M. Field ‘55 Professor of Law, focuses his teaching and research in the areas of tort law, risk regulation, environmental law and sustainable development.He has published articles on an array of environmental law...
John Fabian Witt, newly appointed as the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law, is a specialist in the history of American law and in torts.He is the author of “Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law,” which explores law and...
For the complete stories on this research, click on the title of each summary.Yale Rudd Center launches centralized database for state and federal food policy and obesity legislationA new legislative database launched by the Rudd Center for Food Policy...
Noted economist Raghuram G. Rajan will deliver the 2010 Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture on Thursday, March 25.Rajan will discuss “Is It Over Yet? The Deeper Underpinnings of the Crisis,” 4-5:30 p.m. in Rm. 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1...
Dante’s vision of the universe as portrayed in his “Divine Comedy” will be the focus of a symposium being held this month at Yale.The event — titled “Dante’s Volume from Alpha to Omega: A Graduate Symposium on the Poet’s Universe” — will take place Friday...
The Yale School of Medicine will host the 201st meeting of the Interurban Clinical Club, a group of physicians dedicated to improving health care in the United States, on Friday, March 26.Sir William Osler founded the group in 1905 in order to disseminate...
Gender and transformation in a world of constant loss and confusion will be explored by members of the Japanese multimedia performance group Baby-Q in a series of shows taking place Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27.MESs” will be the final offering in No...
Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church and in the worldwide Anglican Communion, is the 2010 Luccock Visitor at Yale Divinity School.Harris will deliver a talk titled “Re-visioning the Church” on Wednesday,...
PepsiCo announced today a voluntary policy to stop sales of full-sugar soft drinks to primary and secondary schools worldwide by 2012.This marks an important development in supporting safe and healthy nutrition for children around the globe and has been...
As you know, Chile suffered a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake February 27. A later tsunami and aftershocks brought additional destruction. Thousands of people are waiting for help to cover such basics as foold and water. They will also need long-term...