120 years. It’s the length of the “reduced” sentence that Scott Lewis was handed by the Connecticut courts when he was convicted for murder in 1991. It’s also the title of a 2018 documentary about Lewis’ wrongful conviction and ultimate exoneration, made...
Provost Ben Polak sent the following message on March 6 to update members of the campus community on the progress of three major construction projects: the Schwarzman Center, 320 York Street, and the Yale Science Building.
Every year around this time, I...
A few weeks ago, a group including Provost Ben Polak had the chance to visit three major building projects on campus — the Schwarzman Center, 320 York Street, and the Yale Science Building — to see the progress first hand and learn from the experts what...
As the opioid overdose epidemic continues to take its toll, causing 47,600 deaths in 2017, researchers continue to seek innovative solutions to the crisis. At Yale, a team of medical experts and students have come up with a tool that could help individual...
Applications are now being accepted for A. Whitney Griswold Faculty Research Fund awards.
The fund was established to assist faculty members to undertake research in the humanities. It awards grants for specific research projects to full-time faculty...
Applications are now being accepted for the Frederick W. Hilles Publication Fund.
The fund was established through the generosity of the late Frederick W. Hilles to assist younger scholars in the humanities at Yale with the publication of their original...
Scientists have recently recognized that cells of the same type can behave differently in response to stimulation. In a new study, Yale researchers have shown how these varied responses are due in part to a desynchronized molecular “clock” within cell...