Protein molecules that help maintain a healthy body temperature, electrolyte balance, respiration, heart rate, and other critical functions, also appear to regulate weight and fertility, according to Yale researchers. STAT3 proteins are regulatory...
“Scientific evidence suggests that humans ultimately evolved from an extinct African Great Ape,” says Yale Anthropology Professor Andrew Hill, a specialist on human evolution and curator of Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins, a permanent...
Yale College received a record high number of applicants to the class of 2008, and admitted a record low percentage of those applicants, said Richard H. Shaw Jr., dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid. The college admitted 1,950 students,...
Yale School of Medicine, as part of a new emphasis on teaching clinical skills, has created seven examination rooms to teach medical students and residents how to conduct a physical exam and interview and counsel patients. A reception celebrating the...
Researchers at Yale and Rockefeller Universities have found that ongoing changes in the appetite center of the brains of adult animals may explain why no successful medical strategies for long-lasting weight loss in humans have been developed. The team...
Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell will present “The Connecticut Treasure Award” to former Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dean Florence Wald, founder of the American Hospice Movement, April 19 at 12:15 p.m. “The Connecticut Treasure Award honors individuals who are the...
University Properties is pleased to announce the opening of Aux Trois Pommes, a foreign language school for children and adults, in the Audubon Arts District. Aux Trois Pommes is located at 20 Lincoln Way, a pedestrian-friendly passageway intersecting...
About four out of every five newly disabled people regain the ability to live independently within six months of their disabling event, a higher recovery rate than previously reported, according to a study at Yale. While this is a positive result, the...
Yale College junior Aaron Tang was a recipient of a prestigious Truman Scholarship, and all four of the Yale College applicants for the 2004 Goldwater Prize for science, mathematics and engineering received that award. They are juniors Melody Tung Chan,...
Prominent sports agents, entertainment transactional lawyers and litigators, baseball and basketball executives, movie and TV producers will speak at the Yale Law School Entertainment and Sports Law Conference on April 23. The conference is free and...