Effective reading intervention given to reading disabled children at an early age can change the brain system that underlies skilled reading and improve reading fluency and comprehension, researchers at Yale report. “Our results indicate that neural...
Yale researchers have found that the brain can unconsciously differentiate between social stimuli (pictures of faces), and non-social stimuli (pictures of objects), using a primitive visual pathway that terminates in the amygdala. “These results...
Csaba Horváth, The Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical Engineering at Yale, a leading researcher in modern chromatography, which impacts almost all branches of medicine, science and technology, died on April 13 in New Haven. He was 74. During his...
Mary Louise Brewster, widow of Yale’s 17th President, Kingman Brewster, died April 14 at her home in Combe, Berkshire, England at age 83. Born Mary Louise Phillips in Providence, Rhode Island to Mary and Eugene Phillips, she attended Miss Wheeler’s...
University Properties is pleased to welcome Paul Richard’s, L.L.C., to 268 York Street, at the corner of York and Elm in the Broadway Retail District. Paul Richard’s offers men’s and women’s dress and casual shoes, fine leather accessories, and...
Enhancing the mix of high-quality boutiques that line Chapel Street, Lordz Fashion House is now open at 1044 Chapel in Sherman’s Alley. An opening press conference and fashion show took place on April 9 at 1 p.m. in front of the store. A short...
University Properties is pleased to announce the opening of Aux Trois Pommes, a foreign language school for children and adults, in the Audubon Arts District. Aux Trois Pommes is located at 20 Lincoln Way, a pedestrian-friendly passageway intersecting...
Yale College received a record high number of applicants to the class of 2008, and admitted a record low percentage of those applicants, said Richard H. Shaw Jr., dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid. The college admitted 1,950 students,...
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...
One of the most widely used cancer chemotherapy agents not only kills cells directly, but also appears to cause cells to transmit a “death signal” to neighboring cells, according to a Yale researcher. The agent, cisplatin, has been used in cancer...