A Yale research team has found that repeated use of cocaine causes changes in the brain that persist long after the drug is no longer used. “There have been no adequately effective treatments for cocaine addiction because we know very little about...
A reduction in mental health services at a large Connecticut corporation triggered an increase in medical care use and sick leave, costing the company more money rather than less, according to a Yale study. The results support the long-held belief...
Four Yale students have been named winners in the BF Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Program. The competition, which drew entries from more than 200 colleges and universities across the country, is sponsored by the BFGoodrich Co. and administered by the...
Six new laboratories for spinal cord research by Yale scientists will be dedicated Sept. 27 at the Neuroscience and Regeneration Research Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. The Phil N. Allen and Mayreta V. Allen Laboratories...
Yale University unveiled a modified $38 million plan today to renovate, restore, and improve its historic Divinity School, enabling the School to best fulfill its academic mission. The plan, by architects Robert Kliment and Frances Halsband, is...
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) will celebrate the inauguration of its Council on European Studies with a symposium titled “Europe Beyond 2000” on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 17 and 18. The conference, which is free and open to...
The Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale is hosting an exhibition by artist Deborah Rosenthal. “Eve’s Vocabulary,” an exhibit of 15 canvases, develops the theme of Eve as the embodiment of nature’s fecundity and the eternal feminine spirit, according...
As the U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse, few medical schools provide the kind of cultural diversity training offered at Yale University School of Medicine, according to a recent study of medical schools. The study examined medical school...
Psychology Professor Allan R. Wagner is a recipient of this year’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association for “outstanding contributions” to the study of conditioning and behavior theory. Wagner is one of...
A Yale researcher has helped increase our understanding of telomerase, an enzyme that makes cancer cells grow, which could lead to new ways to attack cancer with chemotherapy. The researcher, Professor Sandra L. Wolin, says the discovery is significant...