A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem cells.
Chemists worldwide have...
A panel discussion featuring four experts on the history and political affairs of the Middle East will provide a primer for understanding the rapidly evolving social unrest in the region.Free and open to the public, the discussion will take place on...
Robert B. Zoellick, the President of the World Bank, will speak at Yale on Wednesday, February 9. Free and open to the public, the talk will take place at Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, at 4:15 p.m.The format of the talk, which is hosted by...
The Yale School of Architecture (YSoA) will pay homage to renowned architect and planner Kevin Roche in a series of free and public events that include the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of his work ever mounted (February 7–May 6), a...
From its earliest days as a group of 13 men from the Class of 1863 to its current incarnation as an 80-voice chorus of men and women, the Yale Glee Club has been performing for audiences throughout the nation and around the world.Now, to mark its century-...
In 1968, when Su Wei left his family behind and voluntarily joined the millions of urban youth who were being sent by Chinese leader Mao Zedong into the countryside to work the land as part of a “re-education” movement, his spirit was nearly broken.
As...
Yale University researchers have identified two novel genetic mutations that can trigger hypertension in up to a third of patients suffering from a common cause of severe high blood pressure, they report in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Science.The...
Robert Storr has been reappointed as dean of the Yale School of Art, announced President Richard C. Levin.The Dean begins his second five-year term July 1.“Dean Storr is valued for his refreshing and exciting vision for the school and for opening the...
The Yale School of Public Health’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is recruiting homeowners in nine Fairfield County towns (Bethel, Bridgewater, New Fairfield, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Weston, Westport and Wilton) to participate in the Lyme and...
A new study has turned the conventional wisdom of breast cancer treatment upside down, finding that many women with the disease may not need to undergo the painful, invasive procedure of having lymph nodes removed from their armpits.What are women to...