Six scholars whose research interests range from international trade to issues affecting global health and demography have recently joined the Department of Economics faculty.Below are brief biographies of the new faculty members.David Atkin, whose...
Willis Jenkins, newly reappointed as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, focuses his research on environmental ethics, sustainable communities, global ethics and theological ethicsHis appointment is through June 30, 2012.Jenkins, who...
A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 17, for Robin Siegel Theurkauf, a lecturer in political science, who died on July 10 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 51.The service will take place at 11 a.m. at Marquand Chapel at the Divinity...
The Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals at Yale Law School will be called to order at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St.Students will compete in the Thurman Arnold Prize Finals of the competition. The event is...
Centuries-old case reports - documents that are a fundamental source for the study and practice of law in the Anglo-American common law system - are on view in “Landmarks in Law Reporting,” a new exhibition at the Lillian Goldman Law Library’s Rare Book...
David Joselit, newly designated as the Carnegie Professor of the History of Art, has worked as a scholar and critic on pivotal moments in modern art ranging from the Dada movement of the early 20th century to the emergence of globalization and new media...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a research and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, has issued a report reaffirming the “Code of the Street” theory of urban violence developed by Yale professor Elijah Anderson.This validation...
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, a renowned scientist-refusenik from the Soviet Union who was professor emeritus and senior research scientist in mathematics at Yale, died on Feb. 22, in Tel Aviv, Israel, after a long debilitating illness. He was 79.During a...
Carol R. Ember, executive director of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).The AAAS awarded the distinction to 486 of its members this year. Ember was chosen for...
Dr. Jay Katz, an eminent scholar in reproductive technology law and ethics who served on the Yale Law School faculty for over five decades, died of heart failure on Nov. 17 in New Haven. He was 86 years old.Katz was the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor...
