The human brain has yet to explain the origin of one its defining features – the deep fissures and convolutions that increase its surface area and allow for rational and abstract thoughts.An international collaboration of scientists from the Yale School...
On Wednesday, May 25th, 2011, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven will host a special program for cancer survivors at Yale’s West Campus, 141 Frontage Road in Orange. The keynote speaker at this event will be Ethan Zohn,...
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages a penny-per-ounce could reduce consumption and generate significant revenue, finds a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University and the Bridging the Gap program at the University of Illinois at...
In a finding that could have implications for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Yale University researchers have identified a previously unknown sensor regulating the composition of certain intestinal bacterial microflora (...
Dean Harold Attridge will step down from his leadership position at Yale Divinity School (YDS) on June 30, 2012, the end of his second five-year term as dean.In a May 3 letter to the YDS community, Attridge said, “Several colleagues have been asking...
A team of seven Yale Engineering undergraduates took amateur space exploration to a new level of sophistication this week when they succeeded in capturing images of Earth from an elevation of 50,000 feet with an unmanned vehicle that they designed and...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with participants in the Yale-Chinese Women’s Leadership Development Program at a dinner hosted by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer and Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent. The 28 Chinese...
The following is a letter to the campus community from Yale Community for Japan, an organization that includes many Japanese students, staff and faculty and that was founded to help coordinate the University’s efforts to raise funds for recovery efforts...
A panel of Yale experts examined some of the conclusions and claims about Lyme disease presented in the award-winning documentary film, “Under Our Skin,” which portrays the real-life stories of several people who contend they are suffering from a chronic...