Less than half of physicians report that they are well-trained to care for patients with terminal illnesses and about three-quarters of physicians feel knowledgeable enough to discuss hospice with patients and families, according to a study published by...
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale will exhibit works by award-winning artist Howard Fussiner, May 31 through September 30. An opening reception for the exhibit, “A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner,” will take place Friday, May 31, 3:...
Yale University’s 301st Commencement events will be held Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27, on the Yale campus. All media members must obtain and display Yale media credentials during Class Day (Sunday) and Commencement (Monday) ceremonies on Old...
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is one of six new members elected to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDS), the major advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological...
President George W. Bush has awarded the National Medal of Technology to Jerry M. Woodall, the C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor of Electrical Engineering, the first Yale professor to ever receive the prestigious award. Woodall has done pioneering research...
Yale College senior Laura McCargar will receive the Yale Club of New Haven’s second annual Richard Hegel Prize for her senior essay that focuses on public housing in the community. A team of faculty judges selected McCargar’s essay – “HOPE for...
Yale College junior Chiraag Bains has won a coveted Truman Scholarship in recognition of his “leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of ‘making a difference.’” Bains, of Chelmsford, Mass., was one of 76 scholars selected from a...
Three Yale College seniors were awarded prizes for superior academic work in their fields of study during their four years at Yale. Thomas Lewis Hamaguchi Hocker, of San Jose, CA, has won a Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship, one of only 11 given...
Yale’s faculty of engineering will convene a forum May 3 of leaders from government, industry and academia to explore “Challenges to Innovation in the 21st Century.” The forum to be held in Davies Auditorium (enter through 10 Hillhouse Avenue), is part...
A Yale University researcher in a NASA-funded study has discovered that tiny airborne particles of pollution may modify developing thunderclouds by increasing the quantity and reducing the size of ice crystals within them. These modifications may affect...
