The latest in a series of alumni conferences sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — this year exploring Yale’s contribution to conceptualizing the interdisciplinary study of the Americas — was held Nov. 7-9.
The event was titled “Interdisciplinary Americas: The Legacies of African American Studies, American Studies and ...
Conference celebrates Yale’s interdisciplinary strength in study of the Americas
Posted On Thursday, November 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: American Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, interdisciplinary study, Legacies of African American Studies, Matt Jacobson
The latest in a series of alumni conferences sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — this year exploring Yale’s contribution to conceptualizing the interdisciplinary study of the Americas — was held Nov. 7-9.
The event was titled “Interdisciplinary Americas: The Legacies of African American Studies, American Studies and ...
Carolyn Mazure is Inaugural Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor
Posted On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: addictive disorders, Carolyn Mazure, gender-based analyses, Joan Lebson Bildner, Norma Weinberg Spungen, Women’s Health Research
Carolyn Mazure, newly named as the inaugural Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research, is an internationally recognized expert on women’s health whose research focuses on the development of models for understanding depression and addictive disorders, with a special emphasis on gender-based analyses.
Mazure is professor ...
Money and Justice Merge in Climactic Ways in School of Drama’s Next Production
Posted On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Cole Lewis, Friedrich Durrenmatt’s, Maurice Valency, Ontario, School of Drama’s next production, St. Catharines
A woman tries to buy justice in the Yale School of Drama’s next production, Friedrich Durrenmatt’s “The Visit,” which is being staged Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at the Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel St.
“The Visit” tells the story of a wealthy woman who returns to her poverty-stricken hometown. She promises a sum ...
Cole Porter Centennial Ccelebration to Feature Music, Master Classes, and more..
Posted On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: centennial celebration, Cole Porter, feature photographs, Gilmore Music Library, Jeffrey Klitz, letters, scrapbooks, Sterling Memorial Library
The life and work of Cole Porter ’13 (1891–1964) — recognized as one of the greatest composers and lyricists for Broadway and Hollywood during the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, and one of Yale’s most notable musical alumni — will be celebrated in a weekend of events Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 17-19.
The ...
Air Force Vets Who Helped Pioneer Chinese Language Study at Yale Return to Campus
Posted On Saturday, September 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT, FEATURED Tags: Air Force vets, Association of Yale Alumni, Chinese language, Institute of Far Eastern Languages, Yale return to campus, Yale Romanization
Half a century after they helped Yale refine a new method of language study, 28 retired Air Force personnel who learned Chinese at the university during the 1950s and 1960s returned to campus on Sept. 25, many for the first time since their student days.
The men were once students at ...
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in search for new Dean
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Berkeley Board of Trustees, Berkeley Divinity School, Dr. Joseph H. Britton, Rev. Stephen Carlsen, Yale Divinity School
Berkeley Divinity School (BDS), the Episcopal affiliate of Yale Divinity School (YDS), announced that Berkeley is in search for a new Dean to succeed current President and Dean The Very Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Britton, who has served in that capacity since 2003. BDS is accepting inquiries and applications for ...
Pharmacy Professor Discusses Dangers of Party Drug ‘Molly’
Posted On Friday, September 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: C. Michael White, hallucinogenic properties, MDMA, Molly, Pharmacy Practice, Professor C. Michael White
The recent deaths of four young adults suspected of taking a form of Ecstasy known as “Molly” highlights the risks associated with the synthetic party drug that is surfacing in nightclubs and concert venues around the Northeast.
Professor C. Michael White, head of UConn’s Department of Pharmacy Practice, discussed the dangers ...
At Yale Cabaret: Nine Shows to be Staged in 46th Anniversary Season
Posted On Friday, September 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: 46th anniversary season, Emily Zemba, Helen Jaksch, Katherine McGerr, Yale Cabaret, Yale School of Drama
The world premiere of a play that examines the life and death of a drag queen, and a production that is part self-help seminar and part clown show are highlights of the upcoming fall season at the Yale Cabaret.
The 46th season of the Yale Cabaret will begin with “We Know ...
Ask, Connect, Smile, Graduate Dean Advises New Students
Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Dean Thomas Pollard, Doctoral Degree, Matriculation Ceremony, new graduate students, Ph.D. degrees
Graduate School Dean Thomas Pollard formally welcomed new students to the school at the Matriculation Ceremony held Aug. 21 in Sprague Memorial Hall.
It is my privilege to welcome to this festive matriculation ceremony our new graduate students working toward a master’s or doctoral degree, your families and friends. You are ...
First School of Nursing students arrive at Yale’s West Campus
Posted On Thursday, August 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Bayer Healthcare, continual collaboration, nursing students, Yale School of Nursing, Yale’s West Campus
The first wave of students who will occupy the new Yale School of Nursing on West Campus arrived for orientation Aug. 19.
About 80 entering graduate and doctoral candidates received their first introduction to the new headquarters, which features dynamic simulation and behavioral labs, flexible and open classrooms, as well as ...
Next class of city students to begin college as New Haven Promise scholars
Posted On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Governor Nancy Wyman, Michelle Soto, New Haven Promise scholars, President Peter Salovey
A record number of New Haven high school seniors have qualified for and accepted college scholarships as part of the New Haven Promise, a Yale-funded program that helps city residents from a public school in the city to attend college in Connecticut.
The newest cohort of scholarship recipients were celebrated at ...
Study of Bird Feathers Might Lead to Better Colors in the Future
Posted On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Eric Dufresne, Guggenheim fellowship, Ornithology, professor Hui Cao, Richard Prum
Yale professor Hui Cao hopes to replicate the brilliant colors of bird feathers in the laboratory, in this case using lasers.
Cao, professor of applied physics, was one of 175 scholars, artists and scientists awarded a Guggenheim fellowship this past April for her work in biologically inspired photonics. The research honored ...
Emory Fundraiser Named President of UConn Foundation
Posted On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Belmont Abbey College, Emory University, Joshua Newton, Philanthropy, University of Connecticut
Joshua Newton, a leading philanthropy executive who steered fundraising efforts that raised nearly $1.7 billion in private support during a recently completed campaign at Emory University, has been appointed president of the University of Connecticut Foundation.
As president of the UConn Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 organization, Newton will report to the ...
New director announced for Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Posted On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Food Policy & Obesity, Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D. in psychology, Yale Rudd Center
Yale researcher Marlene Schwartz will be the next director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. Schwartz, who is currently associate director of the center, succeeds Kelly Brownell, who co-founded the Rudd Center with Leslie Rudd in 2005.
“Marlene Schwartz is uniquely qualified to be the Rudd Center’s ...
Typhoid’s Lethal Secret Revealed by Yale Researchers
Posted On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: Jorge Galan, Lucille P. Markey, Microbial Pathogenesis, Salmonella typhi, typhoid fever, Yale researchers
Typhoid fever is one of the oldest documented diseases known to have afflicted mankind but what makes it so lethal has remained a mystery for centuries. In a study appearing online July 10 in the journal Nature, Yale researchers offer an explanation of how the devastating disease marked by delirium ...
During Their Summer in Haiti, Yale Students Hope to Inspire Future Leaders
Posted On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under CONNECTICUT Tags: earthquake, Haitian youth, longer-range thinking, school students, Western hemisphere, Yale senior Larissa Liburd, Yale students
Haiti was already considered the poorest country in the Western hemisphere when the devastating 2010 earthquake killed more than 300,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. It is a challenge for most of the country’s citizens to think much beyond their day-to-day existence and struggles.
In order for the country ...
