Dan Weiner
Lighting cures the ‘winter blues’

A new Yale invention may brighten the lives of those suffering from the “winter blues.” Paul Desan MED ’93, director of the Winter Depression Research […]

Gopnik brings warmth, prose

Adam Gopnik is a Renaissance man, a prolific essayist most famous for roughly 25 years of service at the The New Yorker magazine and for […]

Soundbites: Thomas Friedman edition

New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman spent Monday evening explaining his views on the future of America to a packed crowd of nearly […]

Friedman expresses hope for America

New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman explained Monday evening why he is a “frustrated optimist” about America’s future. The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner […]

Brain scan predicts addiction

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine think they have found a way to predict a recovering alcoholic’s chance of relapsing. Their study, conducted with […]

Twain still inspires today’s authors

New York Times best-selling authors David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult paid tribute to the influence that American novelist Mark Twain has had on […]

Slifka searches for match

Six months after Mandi Schwartz ’11 lost her battle with cancer, Yale is rallying around another community member with the same disease. The Joseph Slifka […]

Prof back to Yale after Obama job

After more than two years in the Obama administration, Yale political science lecturer Sean Smith has given up spinning policy to teach it. Smith, who […]

Yale Station safe for now

The University is prepared to prop up the Yale Station post office in the event that the cash-strapped United States Postal Service closes it — […]

WEINER: Why my gut chose Yale

A few days ago, I finished a fascinating book titled “How We Decide.” Recently published by baby-faced Rhodes Scholar extraordinaire Jonah Lehrer, the work presents […]