From the appointment of new deans to the endowment of Yale’s first professorship in poetry to the surprising results of an eye exam for an ancient sea scorpion, there was was certainly no shortage of news this summer. In fact, the following headlines...
For more than a half century, James P. Comer has argued success in academics is tied to a child’s emotional, psychological, and social development. The Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center, Comer met with YaleNews to...
There was a time early in his son’s addiction to methamphetamines and heroin that David Sheff reacted with disbelief when told that addiction is a disease.Journalist David Sheff, author of the bestselling “Beautiful Boy — A Father’s Journey Through His...
Marlene SchwartzYale researcher Marlene Schwartz will be the next director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. Schwartz, who is currently associate director of the center, succeeds Kelly Brownell, who co-founded the Rudd Center with...