A letter recommending that current National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines on stem cell research remain intact was signed by members of Yale’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Committee and sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G....
Pasko Rakic, the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, recently gave the 71st James Arthur Lecture on the “Evolution of Neocortex: Lessons from Embryoarcheology” at the American Museum of...
Two researchers at Yale School of Medicine, Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D., and Richard Lifton, M.D., have been selected for the medical research awards of The Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation. The foundation annually recognizes three researchers for...
Almost 80% of Down syndrome cases can be detected with a new non-invasive formula using a ratio of skin thickness and limb measurements, Yale researchers report in a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This...
Although it is well documented that using beta blockers is effective in preventing a subsequent heart attack or death, not all hospitals are prescribing them widely for complicated internal reasons, a study by researchers at Yale concludes. B-blockers...
At Yale University’s 300th Commencement today, 12 honorary doctorates and 2,854 earned degrees were conferred, including 234 that were awarded provisionally to students of the Law School. All figures are subject to change. The degrees were awarded as...
Seven Yale College seniors were awarded prizes for superior academic work in their fields of study during Senior Class Day exercises on May 20. Richard Brodhead, dean of Yale College, presented the awards during the ceremony on the Old Campus. The...
Two Yale seniors received the Robert E. Lewis Award during Senior Class Day exercises on May 20. The award is presented each year to the senior who has shown commitment and high ideals as a participant in intramural sports. The awards were presented by...
Yale senior Meredith Bryarly was honored with the William H. McKim Prize during Senior Class Day exercises on May 20. The McKim Prize, established by the friends and classmates of William McKim, is for a senior majoring in political science, economics...
Three members of the Yale College Class of 2001 who have been active in the Yale and New Haven communities were awarded the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize during Senior Class Day ceremonies. Steven B. Smith, chair of the Council of Masters Committee on...
