New Haven, Conn., October 31, 2007 – Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and Yale University announced today that Yale alumnus Joel E. Smilow (Yale College ’54) will make a major gift to support the new 14-story cancer hospital, currently under construction at...
By using a combination of inexpensive infection control measures, hospitals around the world could prevent half the new cases of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB), according to a new study in The Lancet by researchers at Yale School of...
Drivers aged 70 and older who receive classroom and behind-the-wheel training can significantly improve their driving performance in tests of knowledge and on-road skills, according to a study in the Journal of Gerontology by researchers at Yale School of...
Eugene D. Shapiro, M.D. There is no evidence that “chronic Lyme disease” exists and if it does, the risks of prolonged antibiotic treatment outweigh any benefits, according to a review article by...
David A. Fiellin, M.D. Yale School of Medicine researcher David A. Fiellin, M.D., has received a five-year $2.9 million grant from The National Institutes of Health to advance his research on substance...
Ten renowned scientists and educators at Yale have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the organization by their peers.The AAAS honors members as Fellows in recognition...
David Spiegel David Spiegel, assistant professor of organic chemistry at Yale, has received a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award that will support his work...
Alexey Fedorov The David and Lucile Packard Foundation recently awarded Alexey Fedorov, Yale assistant professor of geology and geophysics, a 2007 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for his...
Discovery of the largest example of a “small” black hole — one formed from the collapse of a single massive star at the end of its lifetime — has led scientists to revaluate of how black holes come into being, according to a report in Nature.“The theory...
The 10th annual Yale Physics Olympics for secondary school students and their teachers will provide in a full day of physics — rather than physical — challenges beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 20. Faculty demonstrations and an awards ceremony...