African-Americans who report experiencing racial discrimination have higher levels of a particular protein associated with cardiovascular disease and other health problems, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The research is...
Alumna and senior win prizes for essays on Italian food, fiction The American Association of Teachers of Italian announced that both 2008-2009 College Essay Prizes went to Yale students. Blake Walsh ‘09 is currently a paralegal in a New Haven law firm...
Yale College senior Sameer Gupta has been named a winner of the coveted Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge next year. There are 14 scholars named nationally each year.The Churchill Scholarship is awarded to American students for...
Yale College and the Yale School of Music might not have been decked out in Armani at the Grammys on Sunday, but the University did make a handsome showing at the Awards.Six Yale graduates were among this year’s winners and nominees. Yale alumni were also...
Yale University researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease that kills 1 million people...
A Yale University-led team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that variants in a gene responsible for regulating the body’s circadian rhythm may lead to breast cancer. The study appears as an OnlineFirst publication of the journal Cancer...
Despite a sharp drop in public concern over global warming, Americans—regardless of political affiliation—support the passage of federal climate and energy policies, according to the results of a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and...
Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years, a Yale University-led research team reports online Feb. 4 in the journal Science.Unlike...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy.Dubbed the “Congo Red Dot Test” by the research team, the test accurately...
In a letter to the Yale community on Feb. 3, President Richard C. Levin and Provost Peter Salovey announced that the University will need to undertake a round of budgetary actions to achieve balance for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and beyond.The Yale...