Two Yale School of Medicine faculty members – Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., and Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D. – have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM). Chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine, they will devote a...
The fourth annual series of educational programs designed for the public and sponsored by the Yale School of Medicine will focus on “What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet?” Offered on five consecutive Mondays beginning Nov. 2, the series will explain popular...
The Yale Concert Band will perform its first concert of the 1998-99 season on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. in Woolsey Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. Conducted by Thomas C. Duffy, musical director and associated dean of the School of...
Warfarin, an inexpensive blood thinner used to diminish the risk of additional strokes in elderly stroke patients, is used in only half of eligible patients, according to an article in the Oct. 26 issue of the AMA’s Archives of Internal Medicine....
A Visitation Day for prospective students and interested community members will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Yale Divinity School (YDS), 409 Prospect St. The day-long event, hosted jointly by YDS, the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and the...
The dedication of Yale’s new Irving S. Gilmore Music Library will take place Friday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. The new library is housed within Sterling Memorial Library, the University’s principal library, 120 High St. A reception will follow the dedication...
The following talks at Yale University the week of Oct. 19-25 are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise. Peace Corps director will be guest at master’s tea Mark D. Gearan, director of the Peace Corps, will be the featured guest at a...
The dedication of Yale’s new Irving S. Gilmore Music Library will take place Friday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. The new library is housed within Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. Reporters are invited to get a first look at the new facility during an...
Teams from Connecticut and New York high schools will compete Saturday, Oct.. 17, in the Yale Physics Olympics. The event, which will be held at Sloane Physics Laboratory, 217 Prospect St., is designed to stimulate interest in science and to provide...
Electrical engineering professor Tso-Ping Ma uses the creation of “Post-Its” as an analogy for the prize-winning invention of his graduate student Jin-Ping Han. Years ago, researchers at 3-M Corp. were trying to concoct the stickiest glue, but came up...