Edward R. Tufte, professor emeritus of political science, computer science and statistics and senior critic of graphic design at Yale, will give a lecture titled “Visual Explanations” on November 15 at 4 p.m. in the Yale Law School auditorium, 127 Wall...
Leptin, a hormone considered critical in body weight regulation and obesity, also might play a role in diabetic eye disease, a study by Yale researchers shows. Leptin is known to exist in fatty tissue, in the placenta, ovaries, mammary glands, gastric...
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale will hold its Second Annual International Conference, “The Arming of Slaves from the Classical Era to the American Civil War,” on November 16-18. Drawing scholars from...
Yale has established a joint center for research and training in plant biology with China’s Peking University that will actively foster collaborative research among scientists at the two universities and will train the next generation of international...
Contrary to popular belief, melatonin does not shift circadian rhythms when taken for conditions like jet lag, but it can promote sleep if taken in the evening, a study by Yale researchers has found. Circadian rhythms are 24-hour rhythms generated by a...
Tamar Alexander, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at Yale, will deliver a free, public lecture on “The Dybbuk: Spiritual Possession in Jewish Tradition” on November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at...
Two Yale professors with joint appointments at the Peabody Museum of Natural History have been awarded $900,000 to reform science education in New Haven public schools. The grant from the National Institutes of Health, which is the largest in the museum...
The election may be over, so what happens next? Yale University will hold a faculty-led discussion on what the election results mean to the business world, on November 14 at 11:30 a.m. in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue....
A new therapy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) that delivers treatment through a light wrapped around a patient’s knee is being tested by Yale researcher Dan Oren, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Oren, an expert...
Yale University and the University of Chile will sign an agreement November 10 to collaborate in the training of Chilean students in astronomy and astrophysics. The agreement also provides for the two institutions to have joint access to prime...