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‘Heart of a Soldier’ author recalls how New Yorker article became prize-winning book

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2013Cultureauthor, christopher theofanidis, heart of soldier, james b stewart, new yorker article, opera, prize winning book, pulitzer prize winning, rick rescorla, san francisco, world trade center, yale

James B. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and reporter for the New Yorker, talked on campus on Oct. 4 about the inspiration for and process behind “Heart of a Soldier,” his 2002 book about Rick Rescorla, a security guard at the World Trade Center who lost his life on 9/11. Stewart’s talk was sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale.

Tasked with reporting on the impact of the World Trade Center attacks on business, Stewart discovered — by chance — the heroic tale of Rick Rescorla and realized that his was a story worth telling. “If you have a character, anything becomes a story,” Stewart explained. (more…)

History of fight for rights of LGBT parents to be preserved at Yale

By Guest PostOctober 14, 2013Generalbisexual, connecticut, doma, family equality, family equality council, gay, george chauncey, history, lesbian, lgbt, lgbt parents, same sex couples, transgender scholarship, united states, yale, yale university

The Yale University Library and the Family Equality Council are partnering to preserve the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parent equality movement.

It was announced on Oct. 10 that Family Equality, which represents the 3 million LGBT parents in America and their 6 million children, will deed to Yale all historical materials related to the organization and its role in the LGBT family equality movement. The agreement ensures the preservation of more than 30 years of materials related to the founding, growth, and expansion of Family Equality, and documents the organization’s ongoing efforts to advance equality for families with LGBT parents. (more…)

Mobile computing in the ‘bring your own device’ era

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2013Education, Technologyacademic work, byod, byod friendly, device, era, gartner study, jeff capuano, len peters, mobile computing, patrick lynch, smartphone, university cio, us college student, wireless network, yale

Early in September Yale passed a milestone in mobile computing, with a record 39,414 mobile devices connected to its wireless networks. As on most college campuses the growth of mobile computing at Yale has been explosive, from well under 10,000 devices three years ago to almost 40,000 today.

A recent Gartner study showed that smartphone ownership among college students went from 55% in 2011 to 62% in 2012, and the percentage of students using their smartphones for academic work doubled in the same period. The typical U.S. college student now routinely uses between 2-3 wireless devices, and higher education computing experts predict that average to grow to 3-4 devices over the next year. (more…)

Indian foresters learn state-of-the art methods in mid-career training at Yale

By Guest PostJuly 30, 2013Environmentamherst, career training, chadwick dearing oliver, forest policy, global context, greater boston area, ifs, indian foresters, indian officers, management, mark ashton, mary tyrrell, paul barten, pocket parks, quabbin reservoir, short course, teri university, tom wagner, university of massachusetts, urban resources initiative, uri, watershed, yale, yale myers forest

Officers of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) arrived on the Yale campus July 21 for a two-week training session on state-of-the-art concepts and practices in forestry and environmental management. The session is part of a partnership between the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at Yale, TERI University (The Energy and Resources Institute in India), and the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy acting under the auspices of the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests.

The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests conceived the idea of holding short, intensive training sessions as a way of injecting fresh ideas, tools, and techniques into its forest service. The Yale Global Institute has participated from the beginning of the program, making this the fourth year, and the sixth group of Indian foresters welcomed to campus. (more…)

Journalist describes how food companies ‘hook’ consumers

By Guest PostMay 29, 2013General, Healthaddiction, america, bliss point, cheetos, cravability, everyday foods, fat, flavor burst, food contamination, ideal ratio, influx of illnesses, journalist, knowledge is empowering, michael moss, mouth feel, new york times, obesity crisis, poynter lecture, salt, snackability, sugar, vanishing caloric density, vulnerable people, yale

In 2009, while investigating a sudden influx of illnesses caused by food contamination, journalist Michael Moss learned that there was another, and arguably more severe, public health crisis at hand: the disproportionate use of salt, sugar, and fat in a variety of everyday foods.

Moreover, Moss said in his recent Poynter Lecture at Yale, he came to the frightening conclusion that this was not accidental on the food companies’ part, but intentional — that the these unhealthy ingredients were added to attract consumers and make them dependent on products. (more…)

Getting to the heart of disease

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2013Healthanti semitism, barry l zaret, by accident, cardiology, coronary disease, coronary physiology, design, evans downing, growth factors, heart of disease, jewish parents, jews, leningrad, lymphatic diseases, lymphatic vessels, massachusetts institute, michael simons, MIT, russia, soviet union, st. petersburg, target cells, Technology, treating cancer, treatment, veins, william grossman, yale

Scientist works toward molecular therapies for cardiovascular diseases

Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, to Jewish parents before the fall of the Soviet Union, Michael Simons, M.D., says a medical career was “sort of a default.” Anti-Semitism barred Jews from many scientific pursuits, so his parents, both doctors, encouraged his interest in medicine as the basis for a strong natural science education.

Simons’ family immigrated to Boston in 1978. Simons had begun a 6-year medical program immediately after high school in Russia, so he was admitted to Boston University School of Medicine as a third-year student, but he chose instead to start anew, as an undergraduate. “I thought, if I continue in a medical program, I’ll forever have an inadequate undergraduate education,” he says, speaking with a mild accent and an understated intensity. (more…)

From Neanderthals to alien life: Q&A with Carl Zimmer

By Guest PostMarch 18, 2013Educationalien life, carl zimmer, environmental studies program, neanderthals, yale, yale university, yale university tumblr

Science writer and blogger Carl Zimmer ’87, a lecturer in Yale’s Environmental Studies Program, answers questions submitted by the public via the Yale University Tumblr. *Source: Yale University

Istanbul Panel Offers Multiple Perspectives on Middle East-West Issues

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2013Politicsafghanistan, arab spring, bogazici university, british army officer, conflict in syria, defense, deniz tanyolac, diplomacy, emma sky, field army, global affairs, graeme lamb, hakan yilmaz, Iraq, islam, issues, istanbul panel, jackson institute, Jerusalem, jim levinsohn, marmara group foundation, middle east, Pakistan, ryan crocker, tendency in west, tusiad, uk government, US, us ambassador, uskudar american college, west, yale

“There is a tendency in the West to stay ignorant to what Islam stands for,” noted Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador who is currently senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, speaking at a panel held in Istanbul on Feb. 21.

The panel, which focused on issues that impact the West’s interests in the Middle East, was held in cooperation with Boğaziçi University–TÜSİAD Foreign Policy Forum. Crocker — who served in many countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan — was one of three senior fellows from the Jackson Institute to share their insights with the assembled guests. (more…)

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