Yale School of Medicine received a $45.4 million grant from the federal government to continue its efforts to translate medical research into patient care.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the grant, renewing its Clinical and Translational...
Inspired by junior goalkeeper Ona McConnell, the Yale field hockey team is launching its second annual campaign to raise awareness and funds for the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation.McConnell was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy, the most common form of...
Despite dire predictions about the demise of print, magazines have not reached the end of the road; they just need to blaze a new trail — albeit a challenging one.That was the hopeful message stressed by many of the expert presenters at the Yale...
Last Friday, the Yale College Class of 2015 entered Phelps Gate for the first time for the annual rite of passage that is Freshman Arrival.
Obesity is growing at alarming rates worldwide, and the biggest culprit is overeating. In a study of brain circuits that control hunger and satiety, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that molecular mechanisms controlling free radicals-...
Old Campus will be swarming with box-carrying students and tissue-toting parents on Friday, Aug. 26, as Yale College welcomes the 1,352 members of the Class of 2015.The freshman class was selected from an applicant pool of 27,283. Of the new students, 57...
It’s no secret that the scientific community at Yale is passionate about coffee. In fact, behind the scenes on Science Hill, many of the break rooms look more like coffee laboratories: this machine for the regular brew, that one for the espresso. It’s a...
Yale University researchers have successfully re-engineered the protein-making machinery in bacteria, a technical tour de force that promises to revolutionize the study and treatment of a variety of diseases.“Essentially, we have expanded the genetic code...
The city of Venice through the lens of its artists and composers is the theme of the fall term’s Franke Lecture Series at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center. Cambridge professor Deborah Howard, an acclaimed scholar of the Renaissance, will deliver the first...
Scientists at Yale University have developed the first practical method to create a compound called huperzine A in the lab. The compound, which occurs naturally in a species of moss found in China, is an enzyme inhibitor that has been used to treat...