Yale sociologist elected president of Leibniz Association Karl Ulrich Mayer has been elected president of the Leibniz Association, one of Germany’s biggest research organizations. Mayer is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Sociology and chair of the...
Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce the incidence of SIDS, it has...
Socially isolated female rats develop more tumors—and tumors of a more deadly type—than rats living in a social group, according to researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago.The dramatic increase in mammary tumors among isolated Norway...
A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using magnetizable liquids. The findings, which will be published the week of December 7 in the online edition of the Proceedings of...
Yale University students, staff and faculty will take part in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP15) in Copenhagen from December 7 – 18 in a number of ways, including a student-led workshop.Partnering with the University of Copenhagen, a...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will join University President Richard C. Levin and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico and director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, for a conversation before the Yale community in...
Yale University and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) are launching an enhanced financial aid program to enable Mexican nationals to pursue Ph.D. studies at Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.CONACYT will provide a...
Researchers from Yale University and Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA. The study reveals that a tiny bit of RNA may one day play a big role in cancer treatment, and...
The streets of New Haven are often crowded with throngs of Yale students, faculty and staff moving from Point A to Point B using various modes of transportation — including cars, motorcycles, buses, bicycles and their own two feet.Ensuring that these...
Not many Yale seniors get to answer the ubiquitous question “So, what are you doing after graduation?” with “I’m working as an embedded journalist on an icebreaker oceanographic research vessel in the Arctic Ocean.” But that’s exactly what Alex Kain ‘09...