Robert Peck
Legos and Lasers

Yale’s optics laboratory is spotless. Anyone who enters must don a hairnet, shoe covers, and a lab coat (preferably white). A jumble of optic wiring […]

‘Pokémon Musical’ writer describes process

Ryan Bowers ’14 is the director of “The Pokémon Musical,” an original show based on the popular television program and Nintendo game franchise that will […]

Artists fill vacant New Haven storefronts

Even in the absence of retailers, New Haven is putting empty storefronts around the city to good use. Project Storefronts, a program initiated in April […]

SEAS students provide career guidance

Last Friday, students wrapped up Yale’s first Engineers Week by using homemade catapults to fling stuffed animals into targets set up throughout Davies Auditorium. The […]

Arts Council institutes “pop-up” counseling

A new effort by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven seeks to help local artists further their careers. Beginning March 15, Debbie Hesse, the […]

Week of events promotes engineering on campus

This week the School of Engineering & Applied Science will host its first ever “Engineers Week” to promote opportunities in the field and raise enthusiasm […]

Researchers call for tax on sugar

Some researchers believe it is time to impose legal limits on sugar, similar to those on alcohol and tobacco. In a article published Feb. 1 […]

“Our Daily Rite” opens at ArtSpace

A local art gallery is examining the creative process with an exhibit documenting the daily additions artists make to their projects over the course of […]

Bush promotes youth health involvement

Barbara Bush ’04 wants young people to work in global health — even if their training doesn’t seem to fit the job. Bush, the eldest […]

Creating ripples through artistic community

In the four months since its opening, an artistic initiative spreading throughout a bare Chapel Street building has grown to connect dozens of regional artists. […]

Fischer hunts exoplanets

In her 15-year career as a “planet hunter,” Yale professor Debra Fischer estimates that she has discovered at least “a few hundred” worlds outside our […]