Two Yale University undergraduate students were named today to the 2003 All-USA College Academic First Team, sponsored by USA Today, out of 500 students nominated by their schools nationwide. Jennifer Staple, a senior from Newtown, Conn., and Andrew...
John P. Trinkaus, professor emeritus and senior research scientist in molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University, died on February 8 at age 84. Author of the classic book “Cells into Organs: The Forces that Shape the Embryo,”...
The Sixth Annual Arthur Liman Public Interest Colloquium, “Portraying the Public Interest: Clients, the Mass Media and Public Policy,” will be held at Yale University on March 6-7 in the New Haven Hotel, 229 George St. This year’s program will focus...
As part of its Wake the Dream program, Yale University Library Human Resources will sponsor a talk on the life and times of Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first African-American graduate of Yale College and the first African-American to receive a...
Parents allowed in the operating room while their children were being anesthesized experienced a racing heart rate and sweaty palms, but did not register any abnormalities on their electrocardiograms (EKG), a Yale study has found. “The heart rate of...
Barry L. Zaret, M.D., chief of Yale cardiovascular medicine, has named Carl S. Feen chairman of the board for The Yale Cardiovascular Research Fund. “Feen’s lifelong commitment to service to others is now extending into health care, specifically...
Ghrelin, a peptide originally found to be produced by the stomach and which induces growth hormone release, appetite and food intake, is also expressed in the hypothalamic appetite center of the brain, according to a Yale researcher. “Ghrelin-...
When a capacity crowd attended Dr. Ben Carson’s appearance at Yale University last April, it was clear that his influence spanned many generations, thereby spawning the idea for creating the Ben Carson Yale University Book Club to encourage children and...
World-renowned physicist, chemist and mathematician J. Willard Gibbs will be honored with a symposium at Yale on Friday, February 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. in Davies Auditorium,15 Prospect St. The event honors Gibbs’ most important work at the 100th...
The annual symposium of the Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall St., on February 27 and 28. “Global Interests and Local Needs: Striking a Balance in Post-Conflict States,” is free and...