Jessica Letchford
Unprepared for grad school?

When Leah*, a fifth-year graduate student in the Chemistry Department, decided to go to graduate school, she expected it would be a more intense version […]

Landlines are here to stay

  While Elis today vastly prefer cell phones, the 20,000 cords currently tethering landline phones across the University will not be cut anytime soon. As […]

Wireless problems frustrate Elis

A growing number of Elis have had persistent problems connecting to Yale wireless this year, according to interviews and a recent poll conducted by the […]

Blogging (about food) gets creative juices flowing

Juicy, sizzling steak, delectably moist chocolate cake, seasoned Greek salad — for the kindred-spirited food lovers in the seminar “Writing About Food,” blogging about dishes […]

Numbering the stars

After 44 years of research at an observatory in the foothills of the Andes, astronomers are nearing the end of a monumental undertaking: tracking the […]

Summit pushes for green

People packed into the President’s Room in Woolsey Hall on Wednesday for a sustainability bazaar. The Better Buying Bazaar brought in more than 30 local […]

Q&A | Climate change expert extends vision to Yale

Last month, University President Richard Levin appointed Rajendra Pachauri, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and renowned economist and environmentalist, to the directorship of the newly […]

Faculty hiring holds up

Consistent with a pledge University President Richard Levin made in December, and despite the recession, Yale is continuing to hire faculty at a normal rate. […]

Nobel laureate to lead climate institute

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Rajendra Pachauri, the current chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

Briefly: News from spring break

State assembly kills bill regarding Catholic Church oversight In light of concerns over its constitutionality, state legislators killed a bill in the General Assembly that […]

Nobel winner to head Yale institute

Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will lead the new Yale Climate and Energy Institute, University President Richard Levin […]