The Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention at the Yale School of Medicine has received a five-year, $12.5 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further its work, particularly in reading disabilities, and to extend its research into new areas, including mathematics disability.
In the November 16 issue of Science magazine, William D. Nordhaus, the Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, provides the first published economic analysis of the Kyoto-Bonn protocol to slow global warming.
Key Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiator Martin S. Indyk, immediate past U.S. Ambassador to Israel, will present his observations and analysis of the conflict in the Middle East in a talk titled "Israel and the Intifadah After September 11" on December 6, 8 p.m., at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street.
To help people quit smoking, a team of experts from Yale have created the Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY) and the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC).
Two new studies by the Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY) will seek answers to questions such as "why do some women, people who drink, and people who are depressed, find it so hard to quit smoking?" and "why do some smoking cessation drugs work when others don't?"
On Sunday, November 11, Avi Shlaim, professor of International Relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford, will speak at Yale on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and the war in Afghanistan.
Florence S. Wald, past dean of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and a founder of the hospice movement in the United States, was honored on October 25 as a "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) has launched the public phase of a major campaign that will seek a minimum of $60 million, primarily to support faculty endowment, student scholarships and a new "green" facility for the school.
The Yale School of Medicine chapters of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and Boricua Latino Health Organization (BLHO) will co-sponsor a community health fair titled "Healthy Haven 2001" on Saturday, November 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chapel Square Mall, 900 Chapel Street.
The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) of the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) has received a three-year grant for about $1.2 million from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the causes of acute diarrheal illness among patients receiving primary outpatient care in New Haven.