Today, Yale University is making some of its most popular undergraduate courses freely available to anyone in the world with access to the Internet. The project, called “Open Yale Courses,” presents unique access to the full content of a selection of...
Richard Prum and Mary Caswell Stoddard Two members of Yale College Class of 2008 are among the 37 students nationwide to be awarded Marshall Scholarships for 2008.The students are Mary Caswell (Cassie)...
William J. Mann, author of “Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn,” will speak at Yale on December 11 at 4 p.m. in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library, 128 Wall Street. The event is free and open to the public.Mann’s 2006 biography of the Hartford-...
The adage “It’s not what you say but how you say it”—was confirmed by a Yale study, which shows that playing up the benefits of quitting smoking is more effective in getting people to quit than emphasizing the problems associated with continuing to smoke....
Even though current guidelines advocate colorectal cancer screenings for those with severe illnesses, they may bring little benefit and may actually pose harm, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published in the Archives of...
Derek Lyons Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today...
Ronald Duman Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine...
Reporters are invited to cover a public forum at Yale on Friday, November 30, exploring the political situation in Venezuela under the leadership of President Hugo Chávez.“Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution at Home and Abroad: A New Geometry of Power?” —...
Henry A. Kissinger, former Secretary of State and winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, will participate in a symposium at Yale University on December 6 at 7:45 p.m. in the Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School, 127 Wall St.The event is free and open to...
The largest, most comprehensive study of young women with heart attacks — VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes in Young AMI patients) — was recently launched at Yale School of Medicine with a $9.7 million National Institutes of Health...