Fun, fanfare and fond farewells will be on the agenda when Yale celebrates its 308th Commencement weekend Saturday-Monday, May 23-25.The weekend includes a variety of events, from concerts and other performances to receptions and traditional ceremonies....
An estimated 1,000 high school students from seven Connecticut cities gathered in Woolsey Hall on May 6 for a rap concert with the message of non-violence and respect. The event, titled “Rap for Justice,” included performances by the Yale Concert Band,...
Over 250 middle school students from New Haven and West Haven gathered in Davies Auditorium on May 1 to show just how calculating they can be.It was not their deviousness, but their mathematical skills, that the students demonstrated at the third annual...
The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) has presented its first Gibbs Distinguished Staff Awards to four individuals whose “contributions and actions consistently elevate the operations, performance and morale of the school,...
In an ambitious effort to further Yale University’s engagement in global health, President Richard C. Levin announced today the launch of the Yale Global Health Initiative. This is the first endeavor of the University’s new Jackson Institute of Global...
Experts from the Women’s Health Research at Yale program are available to talk to the media about some of the most pressing women’s health issues, following the Mother’s Day start of National Women’s Health Week.The 10th annual weeklong observance, May 10...
Superior intelligence is no defense against the effects of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, Yale researchers have found.About three of four ADHD individuals with an IQ of more than 120 – a score that ranks them in the top nine percent of the...
Yale University and the University of Minnesota will host the first two Centers of Excellence in Gambling Research established by the National Center for Responsible Gaming.Each center will receive a three-year grant of $402,500 in order to conduct long-...
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be a trigger of allergy-induced...
Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The researchers, who surveyed 2,129...