Yale Dean of Public Health Michael Merson, writing in this week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), says the limited number of success stories in stopping the spread of AIDS share a common characteristic - political leadership. “It is...
Yale University School of Medicine today announced the appointment of Joseph Schlessinger as the school’s new chair of Pharmacology. Schlessinger, most recently professor, chair of pharmacology and director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular...
In conjunction with the 2001 International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the Yale University Visitor Center will present daily tours from June 14 through June 30 highlighting New Haven and the Yale University campus. All tours are free to the general...
African-Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes and a lower prevalence of dementia stemming from Parkinson’s Disease than do Caucasians, according to a study by Yale researchers published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society...
A protein called Akt2 or Protein Kinase B plays an important role in maintaining glucose balance, possibly leading to a drug target for preventing Type-2 diabetes, Yale researchers report in a study published in the June 1 issue of Science. “When we...
Retired Yale University sociology professor Jerome K. Myers, 79, died on May 7. Professor Myers was a pioneer, helping to establish and shape the fields of social psychiatry and medical sociology. He was principal investigator in a number of large-...
Women like to believe they would report or confront someone who was sexually harassing them, but when faced with an actual situation, out of fear they rarely voice objections, according to a study by a Yale University researcher. The findings published...
Preschoolers have difficulty distinguishing imagination from reality, particularly if asked about events some time after they occurred, which could have implications for eyewitness testimony, a researcher at Yale has found. Amy Sussman, who conducted...
Yale professor of history Paul H. Freedman has been awarded the 2001 Otto Grundler Prize for his book “Images of the Medieval Peasant.” Published by Stanford University Press in 1999, the book provides insights about how peasants in the Middle Ages were...
An executive course offering select senior managers an expert assessment of current environmental conditions and emerging issues will take place from June 3 to June 14 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The 10th Corporate...
