Internationally renowned diabetes researcher and clinician Dr. Robert Sherwin is the recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2011 Albert Renold Award.Sherwin, who has been in the forefront of diabetes research for his entire career, is the...
The 16th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas continues through Saturday, June 25. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Across Borders, Beyond Time.”The following are some of the highlights of today’s events. For further information on...
In the spring of last year, Yale junior Liane Membis acted on a whim and found it opened up opportunities she never before considered.That was when she made a spontaneous decision to take part in the Miss Black and Gold pageant sponsored by the Yale-based...
The 16th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas continues through Saturday, June 25. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Across Borders, Beyond Time.”The following are some of the highlights of today’s events. For further information on...
Once a single rented building with five faculty members and no hospital, the Yale School of Medicine — in association with Yale-New Haven Hospital — has grown to become a world-famous center for teaching, research and clinical practice.A new exhibit at...
Dr. Frank F. Richards, a professor emeritus of medicine at Yale who made major contributions in the fields of infectious disease, immunology, cancer and inherited metabolic disorders, died on June 13 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was 82.Richards...
Dr. Michael Henry Sheard, professor emeritus of psychiatry and a member of the faculty since 1966, died June 15. He was 83 years old.Sheard was an internationally recognized investigator in brain chemistry related to aggression and a pioneer in clinical...
Paul D. Cleary has been reappointed as dean of the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine, President Richard C. Levin has announced.Cleary, who is also the Anna M.R...
Take 4 million pounds of steel, 16.2 million pounds of concrete, 2.25 million pounds of glass, 123 miles of copper wire and 500 doors. Mix them using the latest in “green construction” materials and practices. Set the result on a 4.25-acre plot on the...
Like many Americans, Barry Piekos knew that when the space shuttle blasted into space last month it would be the last flight for Endeavour, and the second-to-last space shuttle flight ever. What he didn’t realize was that he would play a part in an...