Photographs capturing the beauty and fragility of many of Earth’s “forgotten Edens” are on display in the exhibition “Jungles: Photographs by Frans Lanting,” on view through Feb. 22 at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History.Presented in large-scale...
Members of the public are once again invited to explore the University’s world-class art collections while enjoying the sound of music during the Yale Art Museums’ Open House, being held 5:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4.The annual event, now in its fourth...
Loans to European and Asian countries from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are associated with significantly higher tuberculosis (TB) rates and mortality, according to study published in the July issue of PLoS Medicine and co-authored by a doctoral...
The 1,320 freshmen in the Yale College Class of 2012 will be welcomed to campus August 29. The class was selected from a record-high applicant pool of 22,817, of which a record-low of 8.6 percent of the applicants were admitted.The students hail from 48...
Yale University researchers have found a new method to create lasting genetic changes within human cells, opening up the possibility of new treatments for inherited diseases like sickle cell anemia.The researchers corrected a specific defect within a...
Michael Simons, M.D., a distinguished heart researcher and physician, has been appointed section chief of cardiovascular medicine at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH). Simons assumes his new position at YNHH and YSM on...
President Richard C. Levin has named Professor Michael Donoghue as the first Vice President for West Campus Planning and Program Development, effective October 1.“Michael’s background as both a leading scientist and a museum director makes him uniquely...
President Richard C. Levin has named Yale College Dean Peter Salovey as University provost effective October 1.“Few in Yale’s history have been so well prepared to become provost,” Levin said of Salovey. “He has been a highly successful and much admired...
Yale affiliates to compete in Kauder piano competitionRyo Yanagitani, a student at the School of Music, and Hye-Yeon Park, an alumna of the school, will compete in the fourth annual International Hugo Kauder Competition next month.Nine pianists under the...
Yale University researchers reported Tuesday they have found a molecular mechanism by which estrogen improves memory, a finding that may aid the quest to improve cognition in aging women without the negative health effects of hormone therapy. The issue of...