Author Archives: Anisha Suterwala

A group of Yale faculty and students is currently racing to be the first to detect dark matter.

In Silliman College’s Maya’s Room art gallery, students have the chance to see parts of New Haven they have never noticed before.

A robot developed by Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Justin Hart GRD ’13 at the Social Robotics Lab may pass a landmark test by recognizing itself changing in a mirror. Self-awareness, the ability to recognize oneself as distinct from one’s surroundings, is a mark of higher-level cognitive skills. This test was first developed to test the »

Within five years, Yale-designed robots may be helping teach children. A Yale-led team of researchers from across the country received a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation on April 3 to pursue the creation of “socially assistive robots” to help young children learn basic skills and in some cases overcome cognitive disabilities. Brian »

Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer for the New Yorker and bestselling author, shared his inspirations for stories, offered advice for aspiring journalists and criticized the Ivy League Wednesday afternoon before a crowd of over 400 students in Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Auditorium. In the event, which was hosted by the Yale Politic, Gladwell called his entry into journalism »

Susan Farricielli, a sculptor, industrial designer and lecturer at the Yale School of Architecture, is founder and manager of Kinetic Innovative Seating (KiSS), LLC, a company through which she hopes to manufacture and sell a more ergonomically friendly wheelchair. The News spoke with Farricielli about KiSS, her wheelchair and her future plans. Q What inspired »

Judith Ursitti, director of state government affairs for Autism Speaks, discussed what drew her to autism advocacy and the health care reforms her group is pushing for at a Tuesday Master’s Tea.. Eight students gathered in the Pierson Master’s House Tuesday afternoon to hear Ursitti speak about her experiences as a mother of two autistic »

John Morrell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, former director of systems engineering at Segway, and current director of the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design at Yale, studies and creates machines that connect hardware and software with human action. The News spoke with him about his research and current projects. Q What »

Two military policy experts clashed over what role the United States military should take on the global stage at a Thursday afternoon talk. Christopher Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Washington, D.C.-based Cato Institute, and Thomas Donnelly, director of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Center for Defense Studies, debated their »

An analysis by the Yale Instructional Technology Group (ITG) of how students use mobile technology has led to the creation of a student-run blog called “Wires Crossed” that offers commentary on technological resources. Five student interns at the ITG decided to create the blog, which officially launched early this semester, after they were asked to »