Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling with twin epidemics — HIV and heroin addiction — and Tanzania, in eastern Africa, is one of the hardest-hit regions.But now, with funding from the U.S. government and organizational expertise from Yale, an effort is...
The Yale School of Music and its longtime quartet-in-residence, the Tokyo String Quartet, will honor the one-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan with a special benefit concert on Monday, April 11 at 8 p.m. in Battell...
Male monkeys looking for a good time might benefit from spending a bit longer getting to know a potential mate, according to a new study published online in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.The time males spend around a...
Faced with the prospect of costly in vitro fertilization (IVF) but with no help from insurance coverage, some infertile couples feel pressure to transfer multiple embryos in an attempt to ensure that the IVF is a success. This can lead to higher rates of...
The Yale Library has announced that it is providing online access to scholars and students of the 64 reel-to-reel tapes of noted Guinean scholar, Djibril Tamsir Niane. Made in the 1970s, the tapes include field recordings, interviews, ceremonies and...
Yale researchers Alanna Schepartz and Scott J. Miller were recently announced as the recipients of a prestigious $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The grant supports a three-year, pioneering study that aims to create artificial enzymes using...
The U.S. Army Medical Department and the Yale School of Medicine are co-sponsoring a joint educational event on the medical school campus on April 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring tours of a fully functional Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH...
Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and past chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, will discuss the future of progressive politics in the United States on Wednesday, April...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari will present a public lecture at Yale on Tuesday, April 12 at the invitation of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.He will address the community at 4:30 p.m. in Room...
This past Saturday, scientists, industry leaders, policy-makers and government officials convened on campus to explore ways in which today’s technology can help provide a secure energy future.The event, the Yale Climate & Energy Institute’s second...