Arthur Green, the Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Theology and Mysticism at Hebrew College in Newton Center, Massachusetts, and rector of that institution’s Rabbinical School, will present a series of lectures titled “A Jewish Mystical Theology for...
On October 6–7, Yale will host a symposium using the Yale Art Gallery’s prodigious collection of coins, paper money and medals from the eastern reaches of the Roman Empire to better understand the civilization that flourished there two thousand years ago....
New York City Health Commissioner Tom Frieden announced today that the city is PROPOSING a ban on trans fats in restaurants and also proposing a requirement that many eateries post calories on menus. Trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to...
A Yale School of Medicine study shows for the first time that a high level of testosterone, such as that caused by the use of steroids to increase muscle mass or for replacement therapy, can lead to a catastrophic loss of brain cells.Taking large doses of...
New Haven, Conn. — Three-dimensional diagnostic images of the heart analyzed at the bedside may be possible in the future thanks to a five-year $7.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) bioengineering research partnership (BRP) grant to a team of...
WHEN: Tuesday, September 26, at 11 a.m. WHERE: Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut PURPOSE: Yale scientists contributing to Alien Earths, a major exhibition on the solar system and extraterrestrial life opening September 30...
Yale University, along with two other leading U.S. organizations, has announced a unique collaborative effort to educate hundreds of independent corporate board members about the potential liabilities and strategic business opportunities that global...
David Swensen Yale’s Endowment earned a 22.9% return in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, bringing its value to $18.0 billion, the University’s Investments Office has announced. The Endowment’s value at...
New Haven, Conn. — Five distinguished alumni of Yale University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal on October 12. This year’s Medalists are Eva Brann, Richard Brodhead, Mimi G. Gates, Lewis E. Kay and Richard...
New Haven, Conn.—Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Yale University have discovered that a natural protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis, the bacterium sprayed on crops by organic farmers to reduce insect damage, is...