Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a complicated impairment of the brain’s management systems often accompanied by other psychiatric problems, according to a new book edited by a Yale professor. “Attention deficit disorder is not a simple problem of...
An anti-inflammatory drug used for adults with arthritis also is very effective in protecting brain development in premature babies, a Yale-led study shows. The non-steroidal drug, indomethacin, was randomly administered to the premature infants, who...
Yale faculty members William Eskridge Jr., Harold H. Koh, George Lindbeck, Annabel Patterson, Claude Rawson, Ian Shapiro and Ivan Szelenyi are among the new fellows voted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Election to the AAAS “...
Yale University’s 299th Commencement events will be held Sunday, May 21, and Monday, May 22, on the Yale campus. All reporters and photographers must have Yale media credentials during Class Day (Sunday) and Commencement (Monday) ceremonies on Old...
Anthony T. Kronman, dean of Yale Law School, and Kathleen Sullivan, dean of Stanford Law School, will welcome young legal scholars from across the country to the first annual Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum at Yale Law School on May 12 and 13. The...
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. dedicated the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV) on May 8 at Yale’s Child Study Center. Funded by the Department of Justice, the NCCEV will provide training and technical assistance...
Funeral services for William N. Parker, emeritus professor of economics and American Studies at Yale University, were held in Battell Chapel at Yale on May 5. Professor Parker died on April 29. He was the Phillip G. Bartlett Professor Emeritus of...
A portrait of Yale graduate Yung Wing, Class of 1854, the first person from China to have graduated from an American university, was unveiled Friday afternoon at a ceremony hosted by Yale President Richard C. Levin and attended by Zhang Hongxi, Consul...
Connecticut Public Radio (CPR) will partner with the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) to produce a series of stories about programs to improve care for the elderly and people with chronic illness. This collaboration is made possible by Sound Partners, a...
The unveiling of a portrait painted by Judith Reeve of Yung Wing, the first person from China to graduate from an American university (Yale) in 1854, will take place Friday. Media coverage is limited to the unveiling ceremony only. No interviews with the...