A smile may be infectious, but are obesity, smoking and even a headache?Published research has suggested that certain health outcomes are “contagious” in close social networks — that, for instance, people who kick the smoking habit are likely to...
Yale University is disappointed that the government of Peru has rejected Yale’s offers to negotiate a collaborative agreement and instead decided to sue the University to recover archaeological material legally excavated at Machu Picchu nearly a century...
Youngsters and adults alike will soon be able to tour the cosmos without leaving their seats, thanks to the opening of a new planetarium at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory, 355 Prospect St. The renamed Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium is set...
Elizabeth Alexander, an award-winning poet and Yale professor of African American studies and English literature, has been selected to compose and read an original poem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. “I’m completely...
Yale University has today agreed to pay the federal government $7.6 million to settle issues arising from a broad, multi-year investigation of federal research grant accounting going back to 1999. The settlement covers Yale’s grants with substantially...
Edward Zigler earns the ‘Nobel Prize for Children’Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology, was honored with a Humanitarian Award by the World of Children organization on Nov. 13.World of Children is a global recognition and funding non-...
Professor Tomas Venclova honored in RussiaTomas Venclova, professor of Slavic languages and literatures and a renowed Lithuanain poet, received the Baltic Star in St. Petersburg last week.The award is for developing and strengthening cultural ties among...
Yale Police honored for children’s safety initiativesSafe Kids of Connecticut in sponsorship with Connecticut Children’s Hospital presented the Yale Police Department with a Child Safety Leadership Award. The honor was given for the department’s “ongoing...
Speth to give public lectureJames Gustave Speth will give a talk at the New Haven Museum next week.Speth is the Carl W. Knobloch Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor in the Practice of...
Hongyu Zhao honoredHongyu Zhao, professor of public health and genetics at the School of Public Health, received the 2008 Mortimer Spiegelman Award.The award recognizes researchers who make outstanding contributions in the field of health statistics.Zhao’...