The recent announcement that the drug tamoxifen may prevent breast cancer draws into sharper focus the social and ethical concerns surrounding genetic testing to screen for breast cancer risk, according to Yale University researcher Jeannie Pasacreta....
Members of the media and leaders of arts organizations are invited to a special preview of “Open Studios” in New Haven, noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, at Artspace Gallery, 70 Audubon St. Art work by Yale faculty, students, staff and area alumni...
Want to be a political consultant or run for office? The Women’s Campaign School at Yale University (WCS) is now accepting applications for its yearly training session, which will be held June 17-21. Women interested in running for office or managing...
Communiversity Day 1998, on Saturday, April 25, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Yale University’s Old Campus, High Street, is a free, public festival that will be highly visual and camera-friendly. Nearly 2,000 people are expected this year. More than 20...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum of Connecticut will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. at Yale University’s Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, room 305, 266 Whitney Ave....
A small number of invasive plant and animal species inflict massive economic and ecological damage throughout the United States. In fact, 79 plant and animal species found beyond their geographic range caused direct economic losses of $97 billion from...
A data bank containing environmental case studies of proven or promising solutions to a wide range of problems, including global warming, will be available beginning this summer on a World Wide Web site hosted by Yale University. The HORIZON “Solutions...
The Yale University Women’s Studies Program announces two changes, effective with the academic year 1998-99, the program’s 20th anniversary. The program will be renamed “Women’s and Gender Studies,” and its undergraduate major will be reorganized...
Yale University sociologist Joshua Gamson will discuss his new book about daytime television talk shows at a free, public reception at the Yale Bookstore on Monday, April 27, at 4 p.m. Videos will be shown and refreshments will be served. In the book...
The return of spring marks the revival of “New Haven First” tours at the Yale Visitor Information Center, 149 Elm St. The free, one-hour walking tours, offered at noon every Thursday through October, are led by local “celebrities” and focus on the many...