The third annual Yale Native American Studies conference will be held March 31 to April 2 at the Yale University School of Law. In addition to the panel discussions and keynote addresses that form the core of the conference, the weekend’s activities...
Celebrated civil rights activist and champion of racial justice Edwin King will speak at Yale University on February 24. A native of Mississippi, King is one of the most prominent white southerners associated with the civil rights movement of the 1960s...
Yale University announced today that it will begin construction of a new $176 million building on Congress Avenue to house key research and state-of-the-art educational facilities for its medical school. The building is part of Yale’s commitment, also...
Manipulating the tongue’s temperature can result in the same salty, sweet or sour taste caused by sugars, acids or other chemicals, a Yale study finds, furthering understanding of the physiology of taste. “We’ve discovered that specific tastes can be...
In response to a new study showing that estrogen does not slow the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, Yale researchers say more studies are needed to answer key questions about estrogen’s possible role in preventing or delaying the disease. Sally Shaywitz...
A new surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome that improves recovery time and reduces the number of complications from current treatments, is being used by Yale surgeon, Grant Thomson, M.D. The single portal endoscopic release treatment involves...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
Despite widespread anxiety about Lyme disease, Yale researchers have found that treatments for the tick-borne disease are effective and long lasting. “The outcomes of the vast majority of patients with Lyme disease were excellent and not much different...
Yale President Richard C. Levin announced today that the University will give its acclaimed African American Studies Program the status of an interdisciplinary department, starting July 1, 2000. The Yale Corporation approved the change in status for...
The sixth annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, February 25 through 27. This year’s conference explores “Innovative Advocacy for a New Millennium.” Practitioners, law students, community activists and...