Author Archives: Dan Weiner

Sci-Tech

Science Hill classroom renovations continue
By Dan Weiner April 26, 2013 • 0
Students who trek up to Science Hill in the fall will be greeted by 14 newly renovated classrooms.
ADHD
Sci-Tech

Graf talks increased ADHD diagnoses
By Dan Weiner April 23, 2013 • 0
Children in the United States are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at higher rates than ever before, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control.
STEM
Sci-Tech

UP CLOSE | Salovey to pursue STEM growth
By Dan Weiner April 16, 2013 • 0
President-elect Peter Salovey has signaled that he will prioritize faculty growth, modernizing facilities and fostering a science culture.
Faculty from a number of disciplines will be a part of the Institute of Network Science.
Sci-Tech

Yale launches institute to study networks
By Dan Weiner April 15, 2013 • 0
Yale will launch an Institute of Network Science, or YINS, this summer to study the nature of complex interactions in fields ranging from sociology to biology.
hunger, autoimmune diseases
Sci-Tech

Study links hunger, autoimmune diseases
By Dan Weiner April 9, 2013 • 0
Yale researchers have helped uncover the cellular mechanism that explains how changes in our diet may have led to increasing rates of autoimmune diseases.
Sci-Tech

Yale neuroscientists prepared to help build “BRAIN”
By Dan Weiner April 5, 2013 • 0
Yale researchers are poised to contribute to the national decade-long effort to map the human brain.
Sci-Tech

Conference center may mark turning point for West Campus
By Dan Weiner March 29, 2013 • 0
When the West Campus inaugurated its newly renovated $4 million conference center — a sparkling new cafeteria and gathering space — on Wednesday afternoon, it represented for many a turning point for the sprawling 136-acre complex.
alcohol dependence
Sci-Tech

Study explores alcohol dependence
By Dan Weiner March 26, 2013 • 0
Researchers at the medical school have shown that the brains of heavy drinkers process alcohol in a way that encourages substance dependence.
sequester
University

Federal grants, aid hit by sequester
By Dan Weiner and Julia Zorthian March 8, 2013 • 0
Roughly 10 University officers met on Tuesday to consider the grim reality of the sequester and its potential effects on the University.
seas
Features

Applied physics reflects, post-SEAS split
By Dan Weiner February 28, 2013 • 0
Nearly three years have passed since the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science decided to move the Applied Physics Department out of the school.
Sci-Tech

Engineers Week promotes entrepreneurship
By Dan Weiner February 22, 2013 • 0
The second annual National Engineers Week at Yale comes to a close today, having promoted a University-wide engineering culture and fostered discussion about entrepreneurship.
Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman discussed the cognitive biases that undermine the rational assumptions of economics.
Sci-Tech

Kahneman talks rationality
By Dan Weiner February 21, 2013 • 0
Addressing an overflowing crowd in SSS 114 Wednesday afternoon, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman outlined a psychological framework for understanding irrationality in our everyday lives.