Robert Rosenheck, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Yale and one of the world’s leading authorities on homelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder among military veterans, has received the Carl A. Taube Award for Distinguished Contributions to the...
A symposium on “Current Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health” will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, on February 9 and 10. The symposium, free and open to the public, begins Friday afternoon with welcoming remarks by Anthony T. Kronman,...
While many baby boomers-people between the ages of 37 and 55-are exercising more, many end up in hospital emergency rooms suffering from sports related injuries, according to Yale orthopaedic surgeon, Robert A. Stanton, M.D., who wants to raise awareness...
A minimally invasive endoscopic surgical procedure is being used at Yale to correct an often troublesome swallowing disorder called Zenker’s diverticulum, which affects thousands of Americans. “This procedure, initially popularized by doctors at Duke,...
To treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, Yale physicians are using a radiofrequency technology called somnoplasty to shrink extra tissues in the nose and throat, and oral appliances to move the lower jaw forward during sleep. “We’ve found this new...
A study of melanoma tumors by Yale researchers shows that Salmonella injections in combination with radiation therapy could provide a promising new cancer therapy. “Combining radiotherapy with injections of genetically engineered Salmonella provide a...
Several noted Irish directors and actors will participate in a symposium on issues in contemporary Irish film, February 1-4, in the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, 53 Wall St. The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will include panels,...
Acclaimed writer and advocate for the Haitian-American community Edwidge Danticat will visit the Yale campus and give a reading from her works on February 6 and 7. Born in Port au Prince, Haiti, in 1969, Danticat came to the United States in 1981. Two...
An exhibition of paintings by David Gelernter is on view at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street, now through March 23. The art, primarily a mix of acrylic and pastel or watercolor and pastel, occasionally employs liquid iron, metal...
The Yale University Art Gallery has received an ownership claim regarding an 1864 painting by Gustave Courbet on loan to the Art Gallery since 1981. The claim was made by the son of the late Josephine Weinmann, a Jewish citizen who left Germany before...