Yale scientists have found a way to study within a living organism the wonders of micro-RNAs – tiny bits of RNA that act like a sculptor and shape the activity of hundreds of genes. The work is reported in the March 1 edition of the journal Genes &...
Yale University announced today that it is increasing its annual voluntary payment to the City of New Haven to more than $7.5 million.“While the University is dealing with its own budget challenges, Yale University is a citizen of this community and feels...
Yale University Properties welcomes Willoughby’s Coffee & Tea to 194 York St. in Downtown New Haven.Members of the Press are invited to the Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new shop, which will take place at 194 York Street on Thursday,...
Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
In a study that gives insight into the depth of stigmatization against overweight and obese people, a Yale University-led team of researchers found weight bias even among those studying to be dieticians. The research appears in the March issue of the...
A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. Heavy-drinking smokers in a laboratory setting were much less likely to drink after taking the drug varenicline...
The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses—microscopic connections between brain cells—in the brain’s hippocampal region, researchers at Yale...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a research and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, has issued a report reaffirming the “Code of the Street” theory of urban violence developed by Yale professor Elijah Anderson.This validation...
President Richard C. Levin will lead a Yale University contingent to the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen on March 10-12, 2009.Sustainability Director Julie Newman, faculty members William Nordhaus, Mark...
The Yale College term bill for the 2009–10 academic year will be $47,500, an increase of 3.3 percent over the current charges for tuition, room and board.Yale also affirmed that it will sustain its recent initiatives on affordability. In 2008, Yale...