Yale

Leads Nation’s Governors in Calling for National Climate Policy

April 18, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today led more than a dozen Governors from across the country in signing the Governors’ Declaration on Climate Change at the 2008 Conference on Climate Change at Yale University.    » read more »

04/18/2008 -- In front of an audience of governors and top state-level environment officials, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today delivered a public keynote address at the 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change at Yale University. With the centennial of President Theodore Roosevelt's landmark 1908 Conference of Governors as the backdrop, the Governor spoke about how the modern environmental movement must evolve if we are to meet the even greater challenges that lie ahead.

Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers keynote at Yale Climate Change Conference: Photo courtesy California Governor's office    » read more »

April 3, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state’s Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee has directed the allocation of $9.84 million in stem cell research funds to scientists based in Storrs, Farmington and New Haven.

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Budget Will Also Address Workforce Shortage Needs in Education, Nursing and Engineering

January 30, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that her revised budget will include $5 million to support industry-university partnerships in nanotechnology research at Yale University and the University of Connecticut.

Nanotechnology is important in medicine, the defense and energy industries and materials science. A nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter.    » read more »