From early prenatal development through childhood, the prefrontal cortex of the human brain undergoes an avalanche of developmental activity. In some cases, it also contains seeds of neuropsychiatric illnesses and conditions such as autism spectrum...
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the economy. Businesses struggle to stay afloat. Unemployment is skyrocketing. Families worry about making ends meet.
Yale economist Giuseppe Moscarini, a labor market expert, says policymakers must move quickly...
Three Yale juniors are among 396 individuals who have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which are given to sophomores or juniors in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields who demonstrate excellence and potential to have a lasting...
Colorectal cancer kills more than 50,000 people a year in the United States alone, but scientists have struggled to find the exact mechanisms that trigger the growth of tumors in the intestine.
Cancer researchers have zeroed in on a tightly sequestered...
A four-generation Yale family has created a permanent endowment for Yale University Library’s Center for Science and Social Science Information — a gift that will support key university initiatives in the sciences and social sciences. The center, which...
Yale historian David Blight and architect Peter Eisenman are among four individuals to receive the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ highest honors for excellence in the arts.
Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, and Eisenman, a visiting...
Vaporized hydrogen peroxide may be able to disinfect respirator masks used by health care workers treating patients infected with COVID-19 virus, according to preliminary findings by Yale researchers.
Although researchers did not test for its ability to...
How much spring and summer affect the COVID-19 pandemic may depend not only on the effectiveness of social distancing measures, but also on the environment inside our buildings, according to a review by Yale scientists of their own work and that of...
As college students nationwide transition to online classes, Yale University Press (YUP) is providing them free access to its ebooks, including digital textbooks, through the end of the semester.
YUP has arranged with digital content providers EBSCO,...
It was the evening of Sept. 11, 2001. The horror of the morning was fresh. In a residential courtyard at Yale, there was music.
“I remember being in the Branford courtyard that night, and spontaneously a group of students — bagpipers — came through...