Estrogen treatment had less beneficial effect on memory in female mice that raced on running wheels and played with other toys than in mice raised in non-stimulating environments, according to a Yale study published this month. “We saw no beneficial...
Four students from the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will receive grants to study pressing environmental challenges as Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research. “Only 16 such awards were given this year, so this is quite an...
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) has received a $100,000 two-year grant from the GE Foundation to offer full financial support for up to five students from historically underrepresented U.S. communities. This is the...
Scientists in the department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University have devised a method to precisely date the timing and temperature of a meteorite impact on Mars that led to ejection of a piece of the planet into space and its eventual impact on...
The Yale Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) has a new award of about $9.5 million to continue its studies through September 2009. The Yale Tobacco Center is one of seven research centers funded over the next five years by the National...
Yale will present the C-E.A. Winslow Medal to William H. Foege, M.D., Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at the Emory School of Public Health, on October 28 at 4 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar St. Foege will...
Yale University is transferring 5,000 doses of flu vaccine to the City of New Haven to help it care for residents who are most in need of vaccination this flu season. “The current shortage of vaccine prompted Yale to reach out to its neighbors to help...
Designing physical activity programs and interventions geared to breast cancer survivors will increase well-being and may improve prognosis, Yale researchers report in a recent issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. “Despite the evidence...
Rita Dove, the first African-American poet to serve as the nation’s Poet Laureate, will read from her poetry on November 30, 4 p.m., at Yale’s Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm streets. Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and...
Yale School of Medicine has received a $1.7 million grant to study whether a history of use of MDMA (ecstasy) and marijuana is associated with cognitive deficits in adolescents. The study, which will include 200 adolescent participants, also will...