The Association of Yale Alumni has released a new video — “Yale Day of Service: The Big Picture” —celebrating the growth of community service by Yale alumni across the United States and around the globe. The video can be viewed on YouTube.The video...
A single gene is central in the development of several forms of polycystic kidney and liver disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the June 19 issue of Nature Genetics.The findings suggest manipulating activity of PKD1, the gene causing...
Renowned glaucoma specialist M. Bruce Shields, M.D., the Marvin Sears Professor and Chair Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine, will be honored June 17 with an international ophthalmology symposium as he retires after 15...
Members of the Yale community can receive a 50% discount off tuition for the Yale Publishing Course “Leadership Strategies in a Time of Transition” in July.There are a limited number of spaces for members of the Yale community; to apply, contact Jackie...
The Yale Corporation, the governing board of the University, has chosen Edward P. Bass as its next Senior Fellow. By the terms of the University’s charter, the Senior Fellow presides in the absence of the president, and also, with the president, is...
Dr. James Comer, the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine’s Child Study Center, explains what he believes is the fundamental problem underlying the American education system today in a segment on WNET’s “Eye...
Picking the right sunscreen protection just got a bit less confusing, thanks to new regulations announced today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that require tougher standards for sunscreen labeling and a higher bar for claiming skin cancer...
Astronomers have been peering farther and farther into space, and back in time, using the world’s most powerful telescopes to detect galaxies billions of light years away that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age. But detecting...
Global political-economic affairs and the challenges of leadership are the focus of the 5th India -Yale Parliamentary Leadership Program that will be held on the Yale campus, June 16 to 25, 2011.Widely recognized for educating leaders in government,...
A new study by Yale School of Medicine reveals that nearly one third of those who use opioids for non-medical reasons obtain these drugs directly from physicians, but the majority get them from friends or family members. The study, which used data from...