Best-selling author Gay Talese will give a public reading from his work at Yale on April 1 as a John Christophe Schlesinger Visiting Writer.His talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in St. Anthony Hall, 483 College Street. The...
Yale researchers investigating the genetic causes of blood pressure variation have identified a previously undescribed syndrome associated with seizures, a lack of coordination, developmental delay and hearing loss.The findings, published this week in...
On March 24, the Yale School of Art will inaugurate a public lecture series with “Unbirthday Present,” a presentation by the renowned French installation- and video-artist Pierre Huyghe.The lecture begins at 8 p.m., in room 204 of the School of Art...
The sixth annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, “Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society,” will take place March 27 and 28 in the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The Bouchet...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced today that she would undergo chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. In a statement released by the court, the 76-year-old Ginsburg called the chemotherapy “precautionary” following surgery last month...
Top Yale scientists will offer their views of the rapidly evolving world of stem cell research at StemConn 09, Connecticut’s International Stem Cell Research Symposium, March 23-24 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven.The conference will feature experts who can...
New Haven residents and Yale historians will gather March 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the New Haven Museum at 114 Whitney Ave. for a unique celebration of the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama. Sharing their eyewitness accounts and photographs, New...
The Yale University Department of Astronomy is planning a series of activities — including talks, movies, exhibitions, concerts and other events — to mark the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, a global effort initiated by the...
Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
Scientists used to think most of the exchange of information between cells was conducted at the surface, where cell receptors receive signals from other cells. Now Yale researchers report in the March 20 issue of the journal Cell how a switching station...