2001 News Archive: Science & Engineering

December 
12/11/01Yale Professor Named President of the American Psychological Association
12/11/01Citywide Science Fair Co-sponsored by Yale Wins Presidential Award
12/04/01Chinese Taking Measures to Protect Giant Pandas

 

November 
11/26/01In Groundbreaking Research, Yale and Salk Institute Scientists Reveal the Structure of a Key Component That Makes Cells Move
11/19/01Yale Physics Professor Wins Prestigious Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize

 

October 
10/26/01Yale Dedicates Class of '54 Environmental Science Center
10/26/01Yale Researchers Develop First Microarray Chip for Complete Analysis of Proteins
10/25/01Yale To Dedicate Class of '54 Environmental Science Center
10/25/01Yale and University of Chicago Researchers Discover 40-foot Crocodile Fossil, Possibly the Largest Known So Far
10/17/01Yale Psychology Department and Head Start Complete "Bridging The Digital Divide"
10/08/01Obese People Suffer Bias from a Variety of Societal Sources, Including Their Own Physicians

 

September 
09/12/01Yale Scientists Receive $15 Million Grant for Human Genome Research

 

June 
06/26/01Six Yale Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
06/13/01Renowned Forestry Expert Appointed to F&ES Faculty
06/13/01Renowned Forestry Expert Appointed to F&ES Faculty

 

May 
05/30/01Most Women Are Not Confrontational When Faced with Sex Harassment, Yale Study Shows
05/29/01Study Calls into Question Credibility of Young Children's Testimony
05/17/01Paul Hawken to Speak at School of Forestry & Environmental Studies' 100th Commencement
05/17/01Levels of CO2 Still Good Predictor of Global Warming
05/08/01Yale Engineers Awarded $2.4 Million Grant To Help Develop Lightweight Power Pack for Soldiers of the Future
05/03/01Yale Engineering Professor Receives $3 Million Department of Defense Grant to Continue Nanotechnology Research
05/02/01New Professor Named to Yale Science Faculty
05/02/01New Professor Named to Yale Science Faculty

 

April 
04/25/01Media Advisory: Attention Editors
04/04/01Hepatitis C Study Could Lead to Development of New Drugs, Yale Researchers Find
04/03/01Scientists at Yale Create Molecular Switches in Test Tubes

 

March 
03/30/01Study by Yale Researchers Addresses Longstanding Debate on Evolution of Mountains
03/21/01Women Respond Better to Multicultural, Loss-Framed Messages Rather Than Ethnic Targeting in Campaign to Encourage Mammograms
03/19/01D. Allan Bromley, Former Yale Engineering Dean, to Discuss "Science, Technology and Politics" at Engineering School's Sheffield Lecture
03/19/01D. Allan Bromley, Former Yale Engineering Dean, to Discuss "Science, Technology and Politics" at Engineering School's Sheffield Lecture

 

February 
02/05/01In Memoriam: Yale Pioneer in the Theory of Weather and Climate, Barry Saltzman
02/01/01Center Based on the Premise that Anyone Can Become Smarter Opens at Yale University

 

January 
01/31/01Indian Environmental Leader to Discuss Globalization
01/26/01School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Names Communications Director
01/25/01New Environmental Index Ranks the U.S. 11th in Environmental Sustainability
01/25/01Societal Collapse Driven by Abrupt Climate Change, Not Social, Economic and Political Forces, Yale Anthropologist Reports in New Study
01/25/01Five Environmental Leaders Join FES Faculty
01/24/01Centennial Lecture on Global "Public Goods"
01/18/01Yale Expert on the Development of Mathematical Ability in Infants Wins Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Award
01/10/01New Fossil Found in Mongolia Provides Insight into the Origin of Living Birds and the Evolution of Flight
01/08/01Yale Astronomers Discover Remains of Ancient Galaxies in the Milky Way
01/05/01168 New Stars Near the Orion Region Discovered by Yale, Venezuelan and Smithsonian Scientists