Robbie Short
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Abandoned buildings: Ghosts of Elm City’s past

Though they have long since been abandoned, English Station, the Pirelli Tire Building and Five Mile Point Lighthouse once had clear purposes. Built over the course of two centuries, they once produced electricity, light and tires. Now, empty and unlit, these buildings dot New Haven’s landscape — a reminder of an industrial era that has long since past.

I Heart Benedict Arnold

Seventy-five soldiers clad in knee breeches, scarlet waistcoats and either bearskin shakos or feathered chapeaux march three-by-three down the center of Church Street shouldering muskets […]

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Link found between gene and melanoma growth

Yale researchers have identified a link between a gene associated with melanoma and the disease’s growth that may signal an avenue for new treatments.

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Zebrafish study shows link between autism gene, estrogens

A Yale-led study may point toward future treatments for autism, though researchers said human application is still a long way off.

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Over time, risk-taking stable relative to peers

A new Yale study suggests that human inclination for risk-taking is stable during a person’s lifetime, much like other personality traits.

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NHPS targets teacher absence

About 100 teachers from New Haven Public Schools have missed enough class this year to be considered “chronically absent” — and the school district is looking to understand why.

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Possible evolutionary explanation for flavors’ flow

A new Yale study sheds light on the process by which humans detect flavor, and indicates that the design of the upper human airway might have developed as an evolutionary safeguard against consumption of hazardous food and drink.

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Partnership to elevate YNHHS specialty pharmacy care

A recently announced partnership between the Yale-New Haven Health System and Excelera, a national specialty pharmacy network, aims to provide YNHHS pharmacy staff with the tools to more safely treat patients with complex care needs — including the prescription of hard-to-find drugs — in a local setting.

Study suggests medical marijuana research insufficient

A new Yale study indicates a possible link between marijuana use and negative health outcomes for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder — a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in at least nine states, including Connecticut.

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Yale-led initiative redefines ecologists’ roles

A Yale-led ecological coalition is working to advance sustainability in Baltimore’s parks, and ultimately, to redefine the field of urban ecology.

Child poverty rate stagnates in Connecticut

The poorest children in one of the nation’s richest states went relatively unaffected by a nationwide economic turnaround and health insurance expansion, a recent report on child poverty in Connecticut found.

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