The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine will recognize National Birth Defects Prevention Month and Folic Acid Awareness Week by heightening awareness of the importance of a folic acid-rich diet for...
John Concato, M.D. A screening test for prostate cancer that measures prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels does not improve survival, researchers at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale School of Medicine...
Susan Mayne Carbonated soft drink consumption was previously suggested to be linked to the 350 percent increase of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus since the mid-1970s, but researchers at Yale School of Medicine report that the link is unfounded...
Joan Steitz “Beyond Bias and Barriers: The National Academy of Sciences Report on Women in Academic Science and Engineering” will be the topic of a panel discussion to be presented by the Women Faculty...
An executive education program focusing on the condition and dynamics of global forests will be offered in the spring by Yale University’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry. The program, which will consist of two week-long courses at Yale in March...
Robert A. Berner, the Alan M. Bateman Professor of Geology and Geophysics, a pioneer in the study of the geologic history of atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide, is being honored with a two-day symposium December 8 and 9 on the occasion of his...
Four renowned faculty members at Yale University have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow, an honor bestowed upon American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) members by their peers. AAAS honor members as Fellows in recognition of...
Chlamydomonas can be easily grown in large quantities on a light-dark schedule that synchronizes their cell division cycle. (Photo by: M. Marsland) Joel Rosenbaum, professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and...
Thomas A. Steitz (Photo by: M. Marsland) Thomas A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, received the 11th Keio Medical Science Prize in a ceremony and commemorative symposium on...
Richard P. Lifton (right) receives the Tigerstedt Award from Michael Alderman President of the International Society of Hypertension. Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Sterling Professor and chair of the Department...