A pregnant woman is at higher risk of contracting toxoplasmosis, which can cause great harm to the fetus, from eating undercooked meat than from the family cat and its litter box, a Yale researcher says in a newly published research paper. “It is more...
Using genetically altered mice, Yale researchers have generated a clearer picture of the origins of B cells and their involvement in autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Published in the September 20 issue of Science,...
Yale University Properties announced today that it has signed a lease with Thom Brown, Inc. to bring a fashion-forward women’s shoe store to 37 Broadway, between J. Crew and Alexia Crawford. Thom Brown brings the experience and selection of contemporary...
David W. Blight, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the Civil War and its legacy, will join the history department at Yale. Blight’s first major book, “Frederick Douglass’s Civil War,” helped to establish his reputation as a preeminent scholar...
Although it is well established that primary care doctors are on the front lines in identifying and treating behavioral and emotional problems in children, there is little federally funded research in this area, according to a study by a Yale researcher...
The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization will host its first international conference from September 19 - 21 on The Silk Road in the 21st Century – Security and Insecurity in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The conference will be held in the Yale...
Capitalizing on a prominent asset of New Haven, a Yale graduate student has turned the city into a museum of modern architecture with an architecturally relevant way to provide information to viewers. The “Urban Museum of Modern Architecture (UMMA): New...
An exhibition of work by artist and longtime Yale professor Richard Lytle will be at the Yale School of Art September 30-October 19. Lytle, who came to Yale as a student in the 1950s and is now retiring after more than 40 years on the faculty, has...
A Yale chemistry professor, Alanna Schepartz, has received a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to enrich undergraduate education in chemistry by creating courses that expose students to the excitement and creativity of...
In the first large national study on the topic, Yale researchers found lower rates of cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure used to assess blood flow to the heart, in women after a heart attack are only found in cases where the appropriateness...