New research by Yale University scientists reports the discovery of “hyperhotspots” in the human genome, locations that are up to 170-times more sensitive to ultraviolet radiation (UV) from sunlight compared to the genome average.
Exposure to UV radiation...
In 2010, there were no veterans attending Yale College. Now, 16 veterans and one active duty Marine Corps member attend Yale as undergraduates, and there are dozens more in the graduate and professional schools. There’s also a thriving Yale Veterans...
When the founders of Coral Vita began constructing their land-based coral farm in Freeport, Grand Bahama in August 2018, they knew it had to be able to withstand tropical storms.
Gator Halpern ’15 M.E.M. and Sam Teicher ’12 B.A., ’15 M.E.M built their...
Fifteen years ago, G. Kimball Hart ’70 B.A., ’80 M.P.P.M., walked into the Austin Grove Church in Bluemont, Virginia, for the first time. He was there to attend the funeral of a stone mason who had worked for him for many years.
Something about the simple...
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FES) lecturer Rob Klee ’99 M.E.S., ’04 J.D., ’05 Ph.D., has a new online series looking at the steps states can take to mitigate climate change.
Klee is a former commissioner for the Connecticut...
Among Yale students and alumni, professor Fred Strebeigh ’74 B.A., who has taught at Yale since 1984, is something of a legend.
Nonfiction writing courses by Strebeigh, the senior lecturer emeritus in English and in the School of Forestry and...
Adult populations in the Caribbean, mirroring black populations in the U.S., experience higher rates of hypertension, stroke, and heart disease, and researchers want to know why.
Among them is Yale School of Medicine researcher and physician Dr. Erica...
Phyllis Mugadza ’21 B.S. says she wasn’t entirely familiar with the U.S. college experience when attending high school in Zimbabwe, but when she learned about the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program, she applied and was accepted. “It was the first...