Goran Micevic, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the Yale School of Medicine, was awarded one of five nationally competitive “Research Scholar Awards” from the Joann M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation. The $10,000 grant supports exceptional graduate student melanoma...
Matthew Simon, assistant professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and member of the Chemical Biology Institute was selected as one of fifteen 2014 Searle Scholars.Matthew Simon, right, and graduate student Erin DuffyThe Searle Scholars Program...
Four Yale College juniors majoring in science, mathematics, or engineering have won 2014-2015 Goldwater Scholarships, which are intended to encourage promising undergraduates to seek careers in related fields.Goldwater Scholarship recipients (from left to...
Dr. Meir Kryger, professor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, has been honored with the 2014 National Sleep Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.Dr. Meir KrygerDedicated to societal education in the sleep medicine field, Kryger was...
The Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation has named 30 new Soros Fellows for 2014, including six past, current, and soon-to-be students at Yale University.The fellows, selected from more than 1,200 applicants, will receive tuition and stipend assistance of up...
A research unit of Microsoft Corp. will support a new project by Yale computer scientist Ruzica Piskac.Ruzica PiskacMicrosoft Research has named Piskac, an assistant professor of computer science, among a dozen recipients of its 2014 Microsoft Research...
Katherine McDaniel ’14 of Jonathan Edwards College, a molecular, cellular and developmental biology major, has been named a 2014-2015 Luce Scholar.Katherine McDanielThe award provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement...
Alice Baumgartner, a Yale College alumna now studying history at the Graduate School, was awarded the 2014 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award for best essay in American history by a graduate student.Alice BaumgartnerThe award was presented to Baumgartner at the...
Jon Butler, the Howard R. Lamar Emeritus Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, was awarded a 2014 China Residency at Beijing Foreign Studies University by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). Jon ButlerThe prize...
Douglas E. Brash, professor of therapeutic radiology and dermatology, will be awarded the 2014 Finsen Medal of the International Union of Photobiology (IUP).The medal, recognizing lifetime achievement in the field of photobiology, is presented every five...