Research paper by Yale scientists chosen among bestEditors of the journal Nature named a study under the direction of laboratories headed by Vinzenz Unger and Pietro De Camilli as one of the top scientific papers in 2008.Unger, associate professor of...
David Swensen, Yale’s chief investment officer (CIO), has been named by President Barack Obama to the newly established Economic Recovery Advisory Board.Modeled on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the new...
Older adults with poor health habits appear to be much more likely to quit smoking or lose weight following a serious health diagnosis, a Yale School of Public Health researcher has found.This “window of opportunity” was found to exist for adults recently...
People dealing with the daily stress of a high-pressure career can adversely affect the mental health of their spouses, new research conducted by the Yale School of Public Health has found.This work-related “spillover” from an unhappy mate can be as...
Yale engineers have created a process that may revolutionize the manufacture of nano-devices from computer memory to biomedical sensors by exploiting a novel type of metal. The material can be molded like plastics to create features at the nano-scale and...
Yale University Properties welcomes to one of its Community Investment Retail Properties in downtown New Haven, Blue State Coffee (84 Wall Street), a socially responsible coffee company that donates 5% of sales to local and national causes. The Grand...
Yale’s Amistad Street Building has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its environmentally sustainable construction and features, the university has announced.In addition to its green design, the building includes state-of-the-art research facilities...
Curating contemporary art in an age of globalization will be the focus of a panel being presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Shifting Shapes—Unstable Signs,” the inaugural exhibition in the new Yale School of Art Gallery. Robert Storr, dean of...
Robert J. Shiller, the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University, has been awarded the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics 2009.The biennial prize honors an internationally renowned economic researcher whose work has significantly...
Talks, performances, a dinner featuring Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and other special events celebrating and exploring African-American identity, culture and heritage will be among the Yale events marking February as Black History Month.This...