The 16th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas continues through Saturday, June 25. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Across Borders, Beyond Time.”The following are some of the highlights of today’s events. For further information on...
In the spring of last year, Yale junior Liane Membis acted on a whim and found it opened up opportunities she never before considered.That was when she made a spontaneous decision to take part in the Miss Black and Gold pageant sponsored by the Yale-based...
The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds are capable of seeing.The findings based on study of...
Citing evidence that shows notable deficiencies in the industry’s latest food labeling system called Nutrition Keys, Yale University’s Kelly Brownell, Ph.D., and Emory University’s Jeffrey Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., challenge the industry’s action in an...
The precise wiring of our visual system depends upon the pattern of spontaneous activity within the brain that occurs well before birth, a new study by Yale researchers shows.“It isn’t just the genes. What happens within the womb is crucial,” said Michael...
An estimated 20 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, marked by the degeneration of nerves and in some cases severe pain. There is no good treatment for the disorder and doctors can find no apparent cause in one of every...
The 16th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas continues through Saturday, June 25. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Across Borders, Beyond Time.”The following are some of the highlights of today’s events. For further information on...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin today announced the establishment of The Donald Windham - Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes. The prizes, which will be administered by Yale, are funded by a significant bequest from noted American writer...
In one of the first studies to examine the reasons for the rising number of women delivering their babies by cesarean section, Yale School of Medicine researchers found that while half of the increase was attributable to a rise in repeat cesarean delivery...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin today announced the establishment of The Donald Windham - Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes. The prizes, which will be administered by Yale, are funded by a significant bequest from noted American writer Donald...