Even though current guidelines advocate colorectal cancer screenings for those with severe illnesses, they may bring little benefit and may actually pose harm, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published in the Archives of...
Derek Lyons Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today...
Ronald Duman Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine...
William J. Mann, author of “Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn,” will speak at Yale on December 11 at 4 p.m. in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library, 128 Wall Street. The event is free and open to the public.Mann’s 2006 biography of the Hartford-...
The adage “It’s not what you say but how you say it”—was confirmed by a Yale study, which shows that playing up the benefits of quitting smoking is more effective in getting people to quit than emphasizing the problems associated with continuing to smoke....
Richard Prum and Mary Caswell Stoddard Two members of Yale College Class of 2008 are among the 37 students nationwide to be awarded Marshall Scholarships for 2008.The students are Mary Caswell (Cassie)...
Today, Yale University is making some of its most popular undergraduate courses freely available to anyone in the world with access to the Internet. The project, called “Open Yale Courses,” presents unique access to the full content of a selection of...
Tim Corson Tim Corson, a Yale postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, received two top fellowship honors from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (...
A before-and-after study led by Yale biologists, of the effects of 1997 El Niño on the genetic diversity of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands, emphasizes the importance of studying populations over time and the need to determine which environmental...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced today that Robert A.M. Stern has agreed to serve a third five-year term as dean of Yale School of Architecture, effective July 1, 2008.In making his announcement, Levin cited Stern’s “unprecedented...