For some, it’s a little bit like turning the clock back to a fun and frolicking era. For others, its main appeal lies in the music, or the focus that is required as one does such moves as foot sweeps, knee slaps, pivots and “Suzie Qs.” Seventy-nine-year-...
Former provost and distinguished intellectual historian Frank M. Turner — who only two months ago embarked on a five-year term as University librarian, overseeing one of the largest academic library systems in the world — died suddenly yesterday morning....
Dr. David M. Greer, the inaugural Dr. Harry M. Zimmerman and Dr. Nicholas and Viola Spinelli Associate Professor of Neurology, is a specialist in the areas of coma, neurocritical care, stroke and neuroimaging.His research focuses vascular neurology and on...
Dr. Flora M. Vaccarino, the newly designated Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, studies the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders and has elucidated crucial mechanisms that regulate neural stem cell self-renewal, survival and differentiation.A...
Z. Jimmy Zhou, newly designated as the Marvin L. Sears Professor of Visual Science, studies the physiology and development of the mammalian retina under normal and pathological conditions, as well as the organization and function of retinal synapses and...
First, some hard facts: Over 1,300 people in New Haven are without a place to stay each night, and there are only 300 beds in the system for them to use. An estimated 4,000 people in the city experience homelessness at some point during the year, many of...
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale is sponsoring “A Conversation with Erica Goode, Environment Editor at The New York Times” on Monday, Nov. 15.The conversation will take place during a master’s tea at 4:30 p.m. in Calhoun College, 189 Elm St....
Yale Divinity School (YDS) will host a festschrift celebration on Monday, Nov. 15 for Adela Yarbro Collins, the Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism & Interpretation at YDS and a leading authority on Jewish and Christian apocalypticism, the...
Doug Kysar will present his inaugural lecture as the Joseph M. Field ‘55 Professor of Law on Monday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Sterling Law Building, 127 Wall St.His lecture is titled “Climate Change, Courts, and the Common Law.” It is free...