A new surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome that improves recovery time and reduces the number of complications from current treatments, is being used by Yale surgeon, Grant Thomson, M.D. The single portal endoscopic release treatment involves...
Earning a doctorate in mathematics is an extraordinary achievement, especially if you are an African American woman.
The very first such person ever to earn a Ph.D. in math in the United States (Yale 1949), Evelyn Boyd Granville, will be at Yale from...
Yale researchers have discovered that a critical function of each cell – passing proteins through a membrane – is performed as a duet, not a solo. An article published in the current issue of Science and featured on the cover describes the structure...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
The sixth annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, February 25 through 27. This year’s conference explores “Innovative Advocacy for a New Millennium.” Practitioners, law students, community activists and...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
John Blassingame, a distinguished member of the Yale History faculty since 1970 and former Chair of Yale’s African American Studies Program, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2000. Professor Blassingame rose rapidly at Yale from a lecturer in 1970 to...
Celebrated civil rights activist and champion of racial justice Edwin King will speak at Yale University on February 24. A native of Mississippi, King is one of the most prominent white southerners associated with the civil rights movement of the 1960s...
Forced and voluntary sterilization in the United States was more closely allied to the policies of Nazi Germany than previously believed, a Yale study shows. The study by Andre Sofair, M.D., and Lauris Kaldjian, M.D., both assistant clinical professors...
Doctors who train for a time in underdeveloped areas are more likely, as they pursue their careers, to care for underserved patients, a Yale study shows. Anu Gupta, a third-year resident who conducted the survey, said doctors who participated in Yale...