DeVita elected to top post in American Cancer Society Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. was elected second vice-president of the American Cancer Society (ACS), the nation’s largest voluntary health organization. DeVita is the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of...
Faculty appointment President Richard C. Levin announced the appointment of Ronald Breaker, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, as chair of the department. Breaker’s term, which begins on July 1, will be for...
The Yale Black Men’s Union (BMU), a student-run organization, will hold its annual “Tribute to Black Women” on Friday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the Omni Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple St.The annual event honors “the impact that black women make in our lives...
A special installation now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery showcases a graphic artist’s “visual language” for depicting timeless philosophical messages.Titled “Jane Davis Doggett: Talking Graphics,” the display will continue through March 7....
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Alberto Manguel, internationally acclaimed essayist, novelist, anthologist, translator and editor, will deliver the Finzi-Contini Lecture under the auspices of the Whitney Humanies Center (WHC).Manguel’s talk, titled “Borges and the...
Illustrator Michael Sloan and cartoonist Tom Tomorrow will discuss “The Art of Politics” on Friday, Feb. 5, at an event sponsored by the Edith B. Jackson Child Care Program at Yale.Their talk will take place at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34...
Yale Law School professor emeritus and alumnus Daniel J. Freed, a pioneer in the criminal justice process and a key figure in the development of clinical education at the Law School, died Jan. 17 in New York. He was 82.Freed was clinical professor...
For the complete stories on this research, click on the title of each summary.Wide disparities found in age of hospitalization for different racesBlacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers — about five-and-a-...
Two Yale affiliates traveled to Spain in November to present their research on the clinical efficacy of urine toxicology in pain management.The two — Dr. Nalini Vadivelu, professor of anesthesiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale College senior...
The special section aimed at Yale staff members this month features a story about working parents finding help via Yale resources.For more news from working@yale, visit http://www.yale.edu/working.DOWNLOAD PDFA PDF of “Working @ Yale” may be downloaded...