Faced with the risk of developing side effects, even ones as mild as fatigue, nausea and fuzzy thinking, many older patients are willing to forego medications that provide only average benefit in preventing heart attack, according to a report by Yale...
Imagine a material that’s stronger than steel, but just as versatile as plastic, able to take on a seemingly endless variety of forms. For decades, materials scientists have been trying to come up with just such an ideal substance, one that could be...
To celebrate the Yale School of Medicine’s bicentennial, its alumni magazine, Yale Medicine, devoted its Winter 2011 issue to a photo essay documenting a week in the life of the school.During the week of Sept. 20-24, photographers Julie Brown, Terry...
The Gallery at the Whitney’s newest exhibition explores the relationship of Nature to art through the sketches and paintings of a Yale alumnus.The exhibit draws on field notes and watercolor sketches James Prosek ’97 made in Suriname in late March and...
The differing ways in which government officials and advocates serve the public interest will be explored in “Collaboration, Cooperation, and Confrontation: (En)Countering Disagreement in Pursuit of Social Justice,” being held Thursday-Friday, March 3-4,...
D. Michelle Addington, recently appointed as the inaugural Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design, researches discrete systems and technology transfer, and she serves as an adviser on energy and sustainability for many organizations,...
Yale junior Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins hopes that a mountain-climbing expedition he took over the winter break will put to rest a longstanding question about the world’s tallest volcano.Ojos del Salado, which is located in the Andes on the border of...
Richard Breen, the newly appointed William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology, focuses his research on social stratification and inequality, quantitative methods and the application of formal models in the social sciences.He serves as co-director of the...
K. Sudhir, newly designated as the James L. Frank ‘32 Professor of Private Enterprise and Management, is interested in gaining market insights by analyzing consumer and firm actions through econometric modeling.As director of the Yale China India Consumer...
An international environmental fellowship has been established at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) to support the education and training of students from developing countries.The Andrew Sabin International Environmental...