“Inside Granny’s Head: The Science of the Aging Brain” is the subject of the next presentation by the Yale Science Diplomats, a group of graduate students dedicated to making complex scientific topics easily understood by people of all ages.The talk will...
Can scientists create an invisibility cloak like the one Harry Potter used to sneak around Hogwarts? Can they develop a modern-day fountain of youth? Could Jurassic Park really happen? Three Yale scholars will answer these questions and more in “When...
“Conquering Cancer: Medicine of the Future” will be the focus of the next Science in the News talk presented by the Yale Science Diplomats, a group of graduate students dedicated to making complex scientific topics easily understood by people of all ages....
Even as students took a break from academics, Yale remained as busy as ever this summer. From new faculty appointments to repurposing a miracle arthritis drug to Connecticut’s largest U.S. naturalization ceremony, there was plenty to talk about since...
Graduate students Elisabeth Becker and Zlatko Minev have won the inaugural CAAS Fellowship for 2015-2016. The award was chosen by the deans of the graduate schools and is administered by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (CAAS).Elisabeth Becker...
Yale’s Department of Astronomy is launching the Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA), an innovative program for high school students that combines rigorous study and research with an immersive learning environment. The inaugural program will be held...
(Photo courtesy of Navy website)Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ’34 Ph.D., known affectionately as “Amazing Grace,” would have been 109 years old today. Inventor of the first computer compiler, she was a pioneer of women in STEM (science, technology,...