Efforts to lose weight may be unsuccessful because of an important mismatch between the social contacts created by individuals desiring to lose weight, and the factors that are actually beneficial for achieving weight loss goals, according to a Yale study...
Noted poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine will join the Yale faculty this fall as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry.Celebrated poet Claudia Rankine will join the Yale faculty this fall as the Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale. (© John...
Yair N. Minsky, newly named as the Einar Hille Professor of Mathematics, focuses his research on three-dimensional topology, hyperbolic geometry, and Riemann surface theory (Teichmüller theory).Yair N. MinskyMinsky’s undergraduate courses include linear...
Hongxing Tang, newly named as the Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Engineering, focuses his research on nano-electromechanical systems, optomechanics, integrated quantum and nonlinear optics.Hongxing TangTang directs the Yale Nanodevices Laboratory,...
Tyrone Douglas Cannon, newly named as the Clark L. Hull Professor of Psychology, focuses his research on the interplay between psychological-level phenomena and neurobiological mechanisms as they relate to disturbances of perception, belief, motivation,...
Ann Kurth, the inaugural Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, is dean of the Yale School of Nursing and an expert on global health.Ann Kurth (Photo by Leo Sorel)As a clinically trained epidemiologist, Kurth focuses her research on how to improve the...