Nuclear’s back with new clarity
Jason Parisi ’15 is passionate about energy issues. He is so passionate that he’s currently writing a book on energy in North Korea and China. When asked a question about the technical nuances of the global nuclear energy debate, Parisi nods, says “OK,” and commences to explain thoroughly.
Fungi hunting in New Haven
In the last few years, Yalies have begun venturing out in guided groups to forage for mushrooms.
Yalies talk energy on Capitol Hill
Climate change presents the biggest human rights issue of our generation, said 18 Yale students who travelled to the nation’s capital this past weekend to listen, present, and protest at Powershift 2011.
Creative law to save the Earth
Consider the strawberry. That was the task keynote speaker and ex-head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Policy Lisa Heinzerling assigned to two hundred students, faculty and professionals last Friday at the New Directions in Environmental Law conference held at the Yale Law School.
The universe in one hour
Two Yale professors would like to rename the Big Bang. “The Great Flaring Forth,” would be more apt, joint School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Divinity School professors Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim said in their film “Journey of the Universe,” which premiered Friday night in Kroon Hall.
International forestry students win money to go home
Beginning this fall, six Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies students will receive funding to go home. The new Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellowship will provide $20,000 for tuition to second-year masters students in an effort to attract high-calibre international students to the school.
Connecticut forests hit by economic crisis
Across Connecticut in the last decade, hundreds of landowners have sold their forests to developers, pressured by growing economic concerns that have only increased in the past few years.
Food disposal under review
Refuse and food waste composting practices at Yale may do more harm than good to the environment.
Building new societies in Kroon Hall
Students and researchers are envisioning a new age of sustainable technology in the tropics as part of the 17th annual International Society of Tropical Foresters conference.
Yalies brew own beer
Brewing in college dorms has become dramatically more popular over the last decade, due in part to the increase in craft brews, graduate students and seasoned brewers interviewed agree. Yale is no exception.
Miller '12 talks DADT repeal on 'The Rachel Maddow Show'
Katie Miller '12 said she expected the military to adjust to life without "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" "beautifully" in an appearance on "The Rachel Maddow Show" December 20.
Miller ’12 awaits DADT decision
One semester after she transferred to Yale from West Point, Katie Miller ’12 said she hopes to return to the academy — but the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell may pose a challenge.
Miller '12 readying West Point application
Katie Miller ’12 wants to leave Yale and go back to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Associated Press reported.
HIV in the Ivory Tower
HIV/AIDS is a problem, even at Yale. Although Chief of Student Health James Perlotto said he was not able to release exact numbers due to privacy and confidentiality policies, he estimated that around 20 undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled are HIV-positive, and as many as fifty in recent years.
Human race survives methane plume, for now.
The Deepwater Horizon explosion caused an environmental crisis much larger than just an oil spill. A massive underwater methane plume flowed out of the open well, and researchers at Yale and Texas A&M University have been collaborating to track the potent greenhouse gas’s dispersal throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The gas is a significant contributor to global warming.
WEEKEND | Restaurant Week: Zinc
This year WEEKEND is taking advantage of New Haven Restaurant Week to see what gourmet goodies the city has to offer. Reporter Juliana Hanle kicks off the series with her take on Zinc.
Yale, in the age of total plant warfare
Plants are invading the Connecticut countryside in hordes and Yale’s landscaping is complicit in the onslaught, said ecologists from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. While forestry affiliates take action outside of campus, sneaky plant bandits edge their way onto campus.
Night lights challenge sustainability plan
Yale’s new three-year sustainability plan released this month outlines the University’s plans for increasing energy efficiency on campus. But a quick jog from the School of Art to the Kline Biology Tower reveals that many empty Yale buildings are lit up 24 hours a day.
Social sciences shelved in Hamden
Librarians are rushing to move the collections of the Seeley G. Mudd Library to Hamden’s Library Shelving Facility, where books have no titles, shelves look like props from an “Indiana Jones” movie and not a single item has gone missing in the library’s 11-year history.
Coming out, then to Yale
Katie Miller ’12, a lesbian who transferred to Yale this year from the United States Military Academy at West Point in reaction to the military's “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, has drawn national attention.
More foam, please!
The dress code at Toad's Place Wednesday night consisted of foam-appropriate clothes: tank tops, bikini tops, and no tops. It was Toad's semiannual "Dance Floor Foam Party," and hundreds of Yalies showed up revel in the suds. Dancers skirted the palpating mound of bubbles that frothed out of the club's foam machine. An enthusiastic few threw themselves lustily into it. Party-goers came away soaked. "I have every disease, ever," concluded Bay Gross, '13, referring to the mysterious make-up of the ubiquitous liquid. Some sorority sisters went straight to the event from their chapter meetings. Other students popped over to the dance for a study break before returning to the library. The event, presented by the Yale College Council, occurs once in the fall and once in the spring.
Yale researcher discovers new dinosaur
A new dome-headed dinosaur discovered in Big Bend, Texas, is one more reason to believe that North America was once a hotbed of dinosaur diversity.
Soaps may spoil water supply
Users of Dawn and Suave soap and shampoo products may be inadvertently releasing carcinogen-forming chemicals into drinking water, according to a study published March 31 by chemical engineering professor William Mitch. The chemical, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), is used as an industrial solvent and has been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a potential drinking water contaminant.
No injuries in transit crash
Unclear whether brakes failed or driver fell asleep
A Yale Transit bus began traveling down Huntington Street on Saturday when the vehicle started accelerating downhill, reaching about 45 miles per hour. It hit the right embankment, swerved left, then jumped the curb.
Grisham draws on legal chops
John Grisham’s “The Rainmaker" was screened Monday afternoon at the Law School auditorium, followed by a discussion with the bestselling author.
Prof: Great Plains in danger
Climate change is decreasing the agricultural productivity of the Great Plains, America’s bread basket, said Melinda Smith, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, at this week’s Colloquium on Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, which drew a crowd of 18 to Kroon Hall’s Burke auditorium Wednesday evening.
Dean’s Office Web site to host essays about sex
With the overhaul of its Web site this coming summer, the Dean’s Office will post a new student-generated essay collection under the title “sex@yale.”
Despite resources, STI testing rates a concern
Sex at Yale: Part 2 of 5
While Yale students have proven their prowess in final exams and standardized tests, when it comes to testing for sexually transmitted infections, there is still room for improvement.
New admissions video premieres
For a generation of high school students raised watching viral videos and splashy television shows, Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions is venturing into pop culture with a new promotional video — and it’s a musical!
For some Yalies, split allegiances
Come Saturday, Sarah Robinson SOM ’11 will proudly don a shirt marked “Yarvard” and will cheer for the “Crimdogs.”
Blog dishes Divinity School gossip
“I’m sure that some pastor somewhere finds this funny,” Rachel Duncan DIV ’11 said.
U.S. and Chile ‘get along,’ ambassador says
The U.S. ambassador to Chile, on campus for a meeting about Yale’s international initiatives, stopped by Jonathan Edwards College on Monday afternoon for an intimate discussion about the foreign service.