People who drink alcohol have a lower risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) than non-drinkers, researchers at Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) write in an article published in Lancet Oncology.Led by former EPH graduate student...
The Gerber Foundation has awarded Yale School of Medicine researcher Thomas Carpenter, M.D., $844,000 over three years to study biomarkers of dietary calcium insufficiency in inner city infants.Carpenter, professor of endocrinology and pediatrics at Yale...
A five–year, $8.5–million dollar research project, designed to substantially reduce the spread of malaria by redirecting mosquitoes with odor cues, is being undertaken by an international team of scientists including John Carlson, the Eugene Higgins...
Yale has been offered $17 million from the Grand Challenges in Global health initiative to genetically engineer mice with immune systems similar enough to humans to aid in testing the safety and effectiveness of potential vaccines.Funded by the Bill...
The Oral History of American Music (OHAM) project at Yale has received a GRAMMY Foundation® Grant to support its ongoing efforts to preserve recorded interviews with legendary figures of American music.The OHAM is a collection of audio- and video-tapes of...
July 15, 2005 — Thirty-five Yale students chosen from a pool of more than 200 applicants have been named this year’s President’s Public Service Fellows. Established by Yale President Richard C. Levin in 1994, the fellowships provide stipends to students...
July 12, 2005 — Seven high-achieving minority students from the New Haven Public Schools have been named this year’s Shafer Scholars. The scholarships cover tuition, room and board, allowing each student to take two five-week Yale College courses during...
July 11, 2005 — More than 100 educators from across the country have assembled at Yale University, now through July 16, to participate in summer institutes offered by Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) at the Yale Center for...
In the coming academic year, Yale School of Architecture (YSA) will present exhibitions on the radical art collective Ant Farm, the U.S. pavilion at the 2004 Architecture Biennale in Venice, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower and the work of YSA students....
A medication used to ease symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, also is helpful in treating people with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a pilot study at Yale School of Medicine.Although...