A new study by the Yale School of Public Health finds that excessive weight gain during pregnancy and inadequate postpartum weight loss are particularly prevalent among low-income, ethnic minority women. The study appears online in the journal American...
Women who routinely perform moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise for 2.5 hours or more weekly have a significantly reduced risk of endometrial cancer, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has discovered. The findings were presented at the...
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had some generally dismal news for the near capacity audience that came to Sprague Hall on Tuesday for his Jackson Institute-sponsored town hall meeting.The gathering, aimed at...
The American Physical Society has awarded Richard Casten, the D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics, the 2011 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.Specifically, Casten was recognized “for providing critical insight into the evolution of nuclear...
The bicentennial of William Clark’s Map of the West will be commemorated during a symposium on “Cartography and Empire” being held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and Nov. 13.The event also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Howard R. Lamar Center for...
President Obama has awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to Eugenio Culurciello, associate professor of electrical engineering.The awards represent the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and...
Following the launch of New Haven Promise, a Yale-funded college scholarship program for public school students, the City’s long-time chief executive, Mayor John DeStefano Jr., will come to the University as a Chubb Fellow on November 16 and 17 to share...
A new nationwide study to determine whether there are gender differences in how female and male military combat veterans readjust to civilian life – one of the first empirical studies of its kind – has begun, thanks to a $2.2 million grant from the U.S....
There is a scar that runs down her back, from her neck to her hips, but Yale senior Elizabeth Golden doesn’t think much about what it looks like.For her, it is an emblem of the fear, challenges and — finally — the recovery she experienced when life, as...
This story is from the Yale School of Public Health website.Women who routinely perform moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise for 2.5 hours or more weekly have a significantly reduced risk of endometrial cancer, new research by the Yale School of...