The urgent search for a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is well underway, with a number of experimental gene-based vaccines in various stages of development by biotech companies and academic scientists worldwide. Yale pathologist John “Jack” Rose...
Yale researchers will begin a clinical trial at Yale New Haven Hospital to test the effectiveness of a drug called ibudilast (MN-166) for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a life-threatening lung condition developed by some of the most...
As Governor Ned Lamont ’80 SOM and other state leaders weigh important decisions about Connecticut’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic — including when and how to reopen the economy and education system — they are conferring with an expert advisory group...
In her last meet before the premature ending of the Ivy League gymnastics season in March, Jade Buford ’20 B.A. received a nearly perfect score on her floor routine as her teammates danced along with her choreographed poses on the sidelines.
The 9.925...
A new study by Yale researchers looking at nearly 400 clinicians at four urban academic emergency departments found that, despite scientific evidence supporting the benefits of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, just 21% of emergency department...
The Shades of Yale, an a cappella group devoted to songs of the African diaspora, closes every concert with a medley arrangement of the traditional spirituals “Amen” and “We Shall Overcome.” Alumni who are in the audience join in the song, particularly...
Christina Pao ’20 B.A./M.A. was committed to public service before the pandemic hit. By making “inequalities more visible,” she said, it has stoked her ambition to make the world a fairer place.
Pao, who is from Portland, Oregon, has spent her...
Hannah Steffke ’20 B.S. was still new at Yale when she took organic chemistry. Something clicked.
“I really liked that form of problem solving,” said the senior from Beal City, Michigan. “I liked that way of thinking.”
Many chemistry courses later,...
The Whiffenpoofs, the country’s oldest a cappella group, celebrated its 110th anniversary this past October at Battell Chapel, with many alumni in attendance. Now, when the singers would have been preparing for their world tour, they are instead self-...
When the coronavirus pandemic derailed the spring semester, the members of Whim ’n Rhythm — Yale’s all-senior, soprano-alto a cappella group — were in the process of recording their annual studio album, a musical capsule of their year together. Now, all...