Two Yale researchers have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Jennifer A. Doudna, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and investigator at...
In the largest study of its kind on mortality patterns in Europe and the United States, a Yale researcher has found a direct correlation between unemployment and mortality.
The study showed that high unemployment rates increase mortality and low...
Less than half of physicians report that they are well-trained to care for patients with terminal illnesses and about three-quarters of physicians feel knowledgeable enough to discuss hospice with patients and families, according to a study published by...
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is one of six new members elected to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDS), the major advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological...
Renowned Maya art expert Mary Miller, The Vincent Scully Professor of History of Art at Yale University, today presented to the Mexican government original documentation from her studies of the ancient murals at Bonampak - one of the most significant...
An international three-day conference on the chicken-from cultural icon to mass-produced commodity-is taking place this weekend, May 17-19, at Yale University. The ubiquitous chicken offers a unique view of the indigenous culture of which it is part....
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale will exhibit works by award-winning artist Howard Fussiner, May 31 through September 30. An opening reception for the exhibit, “A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner,” will take place Friday, May 31, 3:...
On May 2 the Yale School of Architecture will hold an open discussion with famed architect Frank Gehry, international designer Zaha Hadid and Alexander Garvin-chief planner for the Lower Manhattan redevelopment effort - about students’ proposed projects...
Joan A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, is the winner of the 2002 Lewis S. Rosentiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research. The award is presented annually to scientists for recent discoveries of...
Using a microscopic grain of superconducting aluminum, a researcher who is now at Yale and his colleagues at CEA-Saclay Laboratories in France, have constructed an “artificial atom” that can be used as a quantum bit, an essential component for the...