Prestigious Poetry Prize Goes to Professor, Activist Carolyn Forché

Posted On Monday, September 30, 2013 By . Under WASHINGTON DC  Tags: , , , , ,   
Georgetown poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forché has won this year’s prestigious Academy of American Poets Fellowship, joining the ranks of such acclaimed authors as Robert Frost and e.e. cummings. “It was moving to me to be chosen by the chancellors of the Academy,” says Forché, who is also a ...

Study of Bird Feathers Might Lead to Better Colors in the Future

Posted On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 By . Under CONNECTICUT  Tags: , , , ,   
Study of Bird Feathers Might Lead to Better Colors in the Future Yale professor Hui Cao hopes to replicate the brilliant colors of bird feathers in the laboratory, in this case using lasers. Cao, professor of applied physics, was one of 175 scholars, artists and scientists awarded a Guggenheim fellowship this past April for her work in biologically inspired photonics. The research honored ...