Exposure in the womb to chemicals like Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Diethylstilbestrol (DES) can increase an offspring’s risk of breast cancer, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a study published in current issue of Hormones and Cancer, a journal...
In a study that sheds light on why breast cancer may be deadlier for premenopausal women, a Yale School of Medicine team has linked breast cancer survival with levels of a transport protein that regulates milk production in mammary glands. The paper is...
Editor to talk about ‘Jonathan Edwards in New Haven’ Kenneth Minkema will deliver a talk, titled “Jonathan Edwards in New Haven,” at the New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave. The talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18. It is free and the public...
Two faculty members elected to American Academy of Microbiology Two Yale faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. Elected by a highly selective peer-review process were Dr. Charles M. Radding, professor emeritus...
Mia Reinoso Genoni, a Mellon Special Collections Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow and a lecturer in the Humanities Program, has been named the next dean of Berkeley College (BK).She succeeds Kevin Hicks will be leaving the deanship at the end of this...
“Proud, proud, proud!” were the words that grandmother Barbara Goldstein of New Mexico used to sum up her feelings during Yale’s 309th Commencement ceremony on May 24, when nearly 1,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students were...
The following is President Levin’s introductory remarks for each honorary degree recipient.Click here to view recipient bios.ROBERT ALTER As a scholar of comparative literature, your thoughtful and brilliant work ranges from studies of the English and...
At Yale University’s 309th Commencement today, 10 honorary doctorates and 2,986 earned degrees were conferred, in addition to 225 that were awarded provisionally to students of the Yale Law School and 32 to students in the Physician Assistant program,...
The following prizes were awarded at Yale College Class Day on Sunday, May 23.The ROBERT E. LEWIS PRIZE is given to seniors who best demonstrate the highest ideals of athletics and intramural competition.Tiffany PetrosinoLeslie GoldenKatherine...
President Bill Clinton urged graduating seniors to be in the “reform business” in his Class Day address held on May 23 on Yale’s Old Campus.“We have to become relentlessly committed to change — and change is hard,” said Clinton.It is traditional for...