The third annual Sarah Smith Memorial Conference on Moral Leadership, this year exploring ways to end entrenched poverty permanently, will be held September 21–22 at the Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St.Titled, “ ‘Crumbs from the Table?’ The Creation...
Yale University will host an international conference titled “Euroatlantic Integrations and Southeastern Europe” on September 22 and 23.The event will bring together academics, statesmen and policy experts to discuss issues of strategic importance not...
David Milch This year’s Lamar Center Symposium at Yale, taking place September 29–30, will explore the myth and reality of violence on the American frontier and will feature director/writer/producer David...
Henri Cole The poet Henri Cole will give a reading of his work on September 25, 6 p.m., at St. Anthony Hall, 483 College St.Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, and was raised in Virginia. The recipient...
Yale University will observe Constitution Day on September 18 with activities highlighting Benjamin Franklin’s contribution to the Constitutional Convention, on the occasion of his 300th birthday. The one-hour program on Beinecke Plaza, beginning at 12:...
Sports journalist Christine Brennan will deliver this year’s first Chubb Lecture on October 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 127 of the Yale Law School, 127 Wall St.Brennan’s column in USA Today makes her the most widely read woman sports columnist in the nation....
The Yale School of Management today introduces an innovative MBA curriculum that replaces courses in finance, marketing, and other subjects that have been the mainstay of business education for the last 50 years with multidisciplinary courses that cut...
Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron.“Finding that metabolic hormones...
New York City Health Commissioner Tom Frieden announced today that the city is PROPOSING a ban on trans fats in restaurants and also proposing a requirement that many eateries post calories on menus. Trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to...
A Yale School of Medicine study shows for the first time that a high level of testosterone, such as that caused by the use of steroids to increase muscle mass or for replacement therapy, can lead to a catastrophic loss of brain cells.Taking large doses of...