Jessica Letchford
Jessica Letchford
Recent Stories
Profs hired to lead institute as University develops West Campus
Despite the economic downturn, Yale is gearing up this semester to fill the 434,000 square feet of laboratory space on West Campus.
A small school with grand ambitions
The School of Engineering & Applied Sciences lags considerably behind Yale’s other professional schools in rankings. But engineering faculty, students and University officials say that may soon change.
ITS aims to promote new YaleSecure network
Amidst the bright blue scaffolding around Harkness Tower and the gaping excavation outside Morse College, one change to Yale campus has gone largely unnoticed: the University’s newest wireless network.
Salvage collects $100k in donations
More students thought twice before throwing out their rickety bowl chairs and outmoded winter jackets at the Spring Salvage last semester.
Briefly: Hardware problem leads to e-mail problems
About 100 faculty members who use Entourage to manage their e-mail messages have had problems accessing their accounts in the past week.
Elis work on carbon policy
Roberto Jimenez SOM ’09 thought he was going to Costa Rica to relax after a hectic final semester at the School of Management.
Visitors flock to Peabody
As families cut back on vacations to exotic destinations, more and more New England residents are opting for local getaways, including Yale’s own Peabody Museum of Natural History.
In college admissions, green has an allure
When applicants considering Yale weigh factors in their admissions decision, they typically turn to aesthetics, academics or extracurricular offerings. But a new factor has begun to emerge for a small proportion of applicants: sustainability.
Obama names Yale chemist to EPA
The founder of “green chemistry” is heading back to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he established the new field of study more than a decade ago. Last Thursday, President Barack Obama nominated Yale faculty member Paul Anastas, co-author of “Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice,” to be the Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. If confirmed, Anastas will head research at the ORD, which is the EPA’s scientific research branch.
For e-zine, it’s good being green
As newspapers and magazines across the country face budget cuts, layoffs and even closure, Yale’s 11-month-old environmental publication — “Yale Environment 360” — is not only surviving, but thriving.