Yale University, world-renowned in the field of global health, epidemiology end emerging viruses, is offering specialists to speak on the global swine flu crisis. They can address many aspects of this outbreak, including diagnosis, treatment, comparisons...
Evidence suggests that having a close relative with type 1 diabetes puts individuals at greater risk of developing the disease, but one Yale researcher is investigating whether it’s possible to prevent a genetic disposition from turning into a full-blown...
Priyamvada Natarajan, associate professor of astronomy and physics, and Jaime Lara, a lecturer at Yale Institute of Sacred Music, have been named 2009 fellows by the Guggenheim Foundation. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed not only on the basis of...
Yale alumni across America and around the world will volunteer in their local communities for a Day of Service on Saturday, May 16.This is the first time Yale has organized a worldwide volunteer effort, and the event has attracted alumni from Alaska to...
More than 1000 high school students from nine cities around the state are expected to fill Yale’s largest concert hall on May 6 for a live performance by rap group 4PEACE of a new kind of hip-hop that sends a message of peace and mutual respect to inner...
Yale University’s 2009 Commencement will be held on May 24 and 25 on the Yale campus.All members of the media must obtain and display Yale media credentials during Class Day (Sunday) and Commencement (Monday) ceremonies on Old Campus for access to the...
Yale Recycling and the Yale Office of Sustainability invite non-profit groups to partake of its annual Spring Salvage, an opportunity to acquire, free of charge, useful household items donated by Yale students departing for the summer.The free items are...
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...