The American Talent Initiative (ATI), a national alliance of leading colleges and universities, announced this week that it is on track to reach its goal of enrolling 50,000 additional low-income students at colleges and universities with the highest...
A massive analysis of the entire genomes of 2,658 people with 39 different types of cancer has identified mutations in 179 genes and gene regulators as “drivers” — variations in DNA sequences that lead to the development of cancer.
The work is part of the...
“I appeal to all of you, you all have an important role to play. We all need to be actively engaged.”
Actor and activist George Takei — best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on “Star Trek” — accepted an award Feb. 19 for his social justice work at the ...
For a few hours every week, Yale sophomore Maile Harris puts on her suede-bottomed dancing shoes and waltzes, cha-chas, foxtrots, or swings. Sometimes she does the jive, rumba, quickstep, or samba. Invariably she’s got a partner: That’s ballroom.
The...
Merely a brief introduction to mindfulness helps people deal with physical pain and negative emotions, a new study by researchers at Yale, Columbia, and Dartmouth shows.
The effect of mindfulness was so pronounced, they found, that even when participants...