The United States ranks 11th in environmental sustainability, according to a 122-nation study based on a model that was developed at Yale University. The study, sponsored by the World Economic Forum, was released January 25 at the forum’s annual meeting...
Five national and international leaders in environmental management have joined the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The new faculty are Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Conservation Union (IUCN); James Lyons,...
Breastfeeding for two or more years reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by 50 percent, according to a study conducted by a Yale researcher among women in China.
The researcher, Tongzhang Zheng, associate professor of epidemiology and public...
Several noted Irish directors and actors will participate in a symposium on issues in contemporary Irish film, February 1-4, in the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, 53 Wall St. The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will include panels,...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has appointed David DeFusco as its director of communications and external relations. DeFusco is responsible for media relations, publications, publicizing lecture series and special events, and...
What would prompt 6 executives, including the director of construction at Yale School of Medicine, the new city librarian and the executive director of area YMCAs to be hard at work this Saturday delivering books in the community? “Share the Gift of...
Using new DNA chip technology, Yale researchers have identified virtually all of the gene targets of some key proteins, known as transcription factors. Transcription factors tell a cell whether it will be, for example, a muscle cell or a nerve cell....
Robert Rosenheck, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Yale and one of the world’s leading authorities on homelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder among military veterans, has received the Carl A. Taube Award for Distinguished Contributions to the...
Vandana Shiva, director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, India, will discuss “Does Globalization Help or Hurt?” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall at Yale. The lecture is free and...
Most nurses comfort the dying by listening to them and by administering pain medication, but more than half of the nurses in the hospital setting never discuss hospice care, a Yale study has found. The study was a collaborative effort conducted with the...