

In Focus
While you were away: the summer’s top stories


Yale appoints first vice provost for research: physicist Peter Schiffer
Faculty members appointed to endowed chairs

New Haven designated as an Innovation Place

AYA awards Yale Medal to five alumni for outstanding service

Ed Bass names new lecture hall for Yale’s O.C. Marsh

Andover Newton-YDS affiliation bridges tradition and future

Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response

Loss of Arctic sea ice impacting Atlantic Ocean water circulation system

Fiellin to head Yale College program to curb harm from alcohol, drugs

Female excellence is the rule, not the exception, in new summer program

Using only alternative medicine for cancer linked to lower survival rate

Yale’s Helen Caines takes a leadership role in international experiment

Yale People
Novelist and digital rights advocate says Yale inspired ‘sense of wonder’

In Conversation
The paradoxes of nuclear politics with political scientist Alexandre Debs

Spare the surgery: Drugs may combat hydrocephalus, Yale study finds

West Campus at 10: Unpredictability the key to 'rewiring' our fight...

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Deaths of migrating wildebeests key to Serengeti’s vibrant ecosystem

Program spurs students to do detective work to explore Aboriginal languages

Yale archaeologists discover earliest monumental Egyptian hieroglyphs

Drug restores cells and memories in Alzheimer’s mouse models

Professor and surgeon leads medical mission to Nicaragua with Hand Help

New virtual reality site creates ‘sonic collage’ of John Ashbery’s works

A cosmic barbecue: Researchers spot 60 new ‘hot Jupiter’ candidates

From thousands of suspects, Yale scientists ferret out cancer-causing genes

What do plants sound like? Interdisciplinary team listens in

Yale medical students help New Haven's refugees navigate the health care...

Texting while parenting: Mobile program improves safety of sleeping infants

2017 Yale Young African Scholars program kicks off

State standards do little to improve access to specialists in Medicaid

Starting opioid addiction treatment in the ED is cost-effective, says study

A tumor-suppressing gene can be harmful in some cancers

How a tick gut gene serves as a gateway for Lyme disease

Cellular garbage collectors implicated in development of Alzheimer’s
Yale-NUS College welcomes largest class in its history

Yale students' report for lawmakers targets skyrocketing drug prices

Summer program aims to enhance diversity in nursing science

Partnership will expand Minding the Baby home visitation programs in state

In Conversation
Dermatologist Amanda Zubek on what to know before heading to a nail salon
Central ID center is moving to a new location

Study pinpoints gene’s new role in pancreatic cancer

President Peter Salovey: Reflections After Charlottesville

Pathways to Science helps students and professors in equal measure

Solar eclipse offers information, inspiration, and awe

Evolutionary biologists probe human-chimp genetics mystery

Researchers float a unified theory for fundamental forces
Yale faculty receive $2 million grant to study health effects of fracking
Yale to move stone carving that will remain available for viewing and study

Behavior theory may offer key to ensuring infants are put to sleep safely

For pregnancy or profit: Motive for undergoing IVF may alter the experience

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In Beijing, Shelly Kagan teaches about death and the meaning of life

Building a better sports drink

New appointments in administration

Documentary highlights pioneers who paved the way for equality in baseball

First students to be welcomed in two new residential colleges this week
