The pin dot-sized deer ticks responsible for more than 100,000 cases of Lyme disease nationwide are now found to carry yet another new and infectious organism, a Yale researcher has found. “We report here, for the first time, the existence of a...
Most women in underserved populations do not continue breastfeeding after four months because they lack the confidence they will do so, and they think their infants prefer formula, a study by Yale researchers shows. Of the 64 women who participated in...
Students in Yale University’s Department of Engineering will hold “Robot Wars 2001,” Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m., in Davies Auditorium of the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center at 15 Prospect Street, New Haven. The students in the...
Measuring blood flow to the brain may be a useful way to determine when a recovering cocaine addict is able to benefit from cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for cocaine addiction, a Yale researcher has found. Cocaine constricts coronary and...
Yale Law School will host Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, who will give a lecture on “Until I Can Be Sure: Reflections on the Administration of the Death Penalty” at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16, in Room 127. The talk is sponsored by the Knight...
Arthur Blank, co-chair of the Home Depot board of directors, will discuss “The Journey Toward Sustainability” on Thursday, April 19, at 4:00 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street. The free lecture is part of the Industrial...
Former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky will present a talk titled “From the Cold War to the Networked World: Trade Policy in an Era of Transition,” in Room 127 of Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, on Thursday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m....
Yale researchers have found that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) uses a unique method of shutting down a cell’s protein synthesis, while continuing to produce viral proteins, possibly leading to a target for new drugs that would block HCV infection without...
All four of Yale’s applicants for Harry S. Truman Scholarships this year won the prestigious awards, giving Yale the most 2001 Truman Scholars among the nation’s colleges and universities. The four Yale College juniors who were selected as Truman...
Focusing on how children learn and develop rather than on the delivery of information is critical in making schools successful, says James Comer, M.D., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University Child Study Center. “We are now...
