Aliyya Swaby
Aliyya Swaby
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Let’s Talk Race, Face-to-Face
Yale students are more open to having major discussions about race and culture over the Internet than in person.
Peabody launches new site
The Peabody is now adding friends on Facebook. In the past two years, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History has been using social networking sites and multimedia to make their collections more accessible to the public online and to draw in a wider range of people. In the next two weeks, the museum plans to launch a new version of their website that is easier to use and integrates new media like podcasts and videos.
YES-W hosts more than 100 students
Yale’s top science and engineering recruits for the class of 2015 spent the weekend touring campus, meeting professors, and building machines out of found objects as part of a game called “Junk Yale Wars.”
Science labs consolidated
Yale undergraduate science labs may soon be collected under one roof. The science administration is working to develop a “Science Teaching Center” on Science Hill, which would combine the biology, chemistry and physics undergraduate teaching laboratories into one new building located adjacent to Sterling Chemistry Laboratory.
Premed proposal changes science classes
At least six departments or schools at Yale are planning to provide more courses relevant to those interested in the life sciences in response to a 2009 national report recommending premeds focus less on specific prerequisite courses and more on competency in general areas.
Science cuts force commute
As hiring budgets across the University are decreased in response to the economic downturn, West Campus and Yale’s science administration are working together to bring in new faculty who work across Yale’s campuses.
Biology depts mull premed changes
Premed culture at Yale may be changing as medical school requirements go through revisions.
Biodesign Institute to be open in 2012
Yale announced the creation of a new Biodesign Institute on West Campus to be open in early 2012, according to a press release today.
Engineering programs integrating
Chemical engineering at Yale is getting a green makeover. Since the department was renamed last summer to include environmental engineering, its administrators have been working to further integrate the two programs and allow students more flexibility in their studies.
Schlessinger named first director of new Cancer Biology Institute
Chair of Pharmacology Joseph Schlessinger will be the first director of Yale's new Cancer Biology Institute located on West Campus, the Yale Cancer Center announced today.