Faculty members from more than 30 American colleges and universities will convene in New Haven this month for the inaugural Knowledge for Freedom Faculty Institute conference, a three-day event that will explore strategies for engaging high school...
Black M.D.-Ph.D. students are 83% more likely than white students to leave medical school and 50% more likely to graduate with the M.D. only, according to a new Yale-led study. The findings, researchers say, have implications for the diversity and...
Having a high-achieving older sibling helps children, especially those from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, succeed academically, according to a new Yale-led study.
Using data from North Carolina public schools, a team led by Yale sociologist...
Experiences of anti-Asian racism and feelings of invisibility are common among Asian American medical students, according to a Yale-led study based on interviews with students at more than a dozen schools in the U.S. The experiences, say the researchers,...
Yale researchers have created a functional “humanized” liver in living mice that will help scientists find human-specific mechanisms for regulating cholesterol levels and potentially for treating chronic liver diseases afflicting tens of millions of...
In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to penetrate a passive egg. But as critics have noted, the description is also a “fairy tale” rooted in cultural beliefs about masculinity and femininity.
A new...
Yale graduate and professional school students have voted to form a labor union, President Peter Salovey said Monday after an official count by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
“With today’s result, the university will now turn to bargaining in...
Colorectal tumors found in men with a certain genetic mutation display different metabolism than those found in other patients, according to a new Yale study. One key difference in these tumors, the researchers discovered, is a reduced tendency to undergo...
Nine Yale seniors and two recent graduates have been awarded fellowships for graduate study at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
These fellowship recipients are in addition to the students previously announced in Yale News who...
Dr. Jason Fish, a transformative and experienced leader in health care delivery and operations, has been named the next CEO of Yale Health, President Peter Salovey announced today.
Fish, who is currently the chief medical officer of Southwestern Health...
