With the seasonal flu season approaching and uncertainty over whether swine flu will become more severe, new research published by Yale School of Public Health has found that more people are likely to avoid illness if vaccines are given out first to those...
Known for their wide variety of vibrant plumage, birds have evolved various chemical and physical mechanisms to produce these beautiful colors over millions of years. A team of paleontologists and ornithologists led by Yale University has now discovered...
The latest innovations in “green” residential architecture are showcased in the School of Architecture’s first exhibition of the new academic year.“The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture” draws on designs of internationally celebrated...
With the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the nation has lost a tireless advocate for healthcare reform. Kennedy called it a “national disgrace that America is the only industrial nation in the world that refuses to guarantee healthcare...
As the amounts of data being stored by databases around the world enters the realm of the petabyte (the amount of data stored in a mile-high stack of CD-ROM disks), efficient data management is becoming more and more important. Now computer scientists at...
Five Yale University alumni have been selected by the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) to receive the Yale Medal in 2009.This year’s recipients are Stephen Adams ‘59, Frances Beinecke ‘71, ‘74 MFS, Charles D. Ellis ‘59, Justice Carlos R. Moreno ‘70, and...
In the first surgery of its kind in Connecticut, and among the first in New England, surgeons at Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital successfully removed the gallbladder of a 21-year-old woman through her vagina. This operation joins the...
To understand the molecular machinery of the human body, scientists have to be able to observe the structure of cellular proteins. This has been particularly challenging for those proteins embedded in cellular membranes. Now researchers from the Yale...
Faculty at Yale University have been awarded over 100 research grants totaling $36 million since February 2009, when the federal stimulus package was signed into law. Known as the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009 (ARRA), the law aims to...
Yale College Dean Mary Miller has announced the appointment of Susan E. Cahan as the first Associate Dean for the Arts in Yale College.Cahan most recently served as associate dean for academic affairs of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at the...