Architects, planners and developers will meet March 31–April 1 for a symposium at the Yale School of Architecture on the redevelopment of significant waterfronts in three major cities — London, New York and Toronto. The symposium, titled “On the...
Yale senior Jacob Leibenluft has been named a Henry Luce Foundation Scholar for 2006–07.The Henry Luce Foundation annually selects 15–18 Luce Scholars to participate in one-year internships in the Far East. Established in 1974, the program concentrates on...
John Lukacs, the eminent author and historian, will deliver the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture in International Studies on March 30.Titled “Popular Tides and the Ship of State,” his talk will take place at 4 p.m., Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue. It...
Women’s rights advocate Malalai Joya Women’s rights advocate Malalai Joya will give a talk, titled “Women’s Rights, Warlords and the U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan,” at Yale’s Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., on March 23, 7:30 p.m. The talk...
Donald Roberts, Yale College Class of 1957, has provided generous seed funding that will enable the Yale School of Music to continue and enhance its efforts to embrace and promote advances in music education in public, elementary and secondary schools,...
Researchers at Yale have established the minimal nutritional requirements for growing and maintaining human embryonic stem cells, a recipe that is critical for clinical application and for developmental studies, according to an early online report this...
The drug naltrexone might help reduce weight gain in smokers as they try to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine.The researchers found that smokers who took a 25 mg dose...
A single pain receptor is responsible for the kick delivered by garlic and mustard oil, which is the active ingredient in mustard and in the pungent green sushi condiment known as wasabi, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this week in...
Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers.The data published in the March issue of...
Qide Han, M.D., president of Peking University Health Science Center, will present a lecture at Yale School of Medicine today at 4 p.m. in Room 110 of the Hope Building, 315 Cedar St.China is undergoing dramatic economic growth, which has challenged its...