Florence Dethy
Robots, researchers settle into new home

WEST HAVEN — Last Thursday, three scientists tackled a mound of well-sealed bubble-wrap like children on Christmas morning in a race to uncover their lab’s […]

A campus springs to life

WEST HAVEN — 1.6 million square feet is a lot of space to fill. But for Michael Donoghue, it represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Since October, […]

DUH launches new Web site

In an attempt to better serve students, University Health Services has overhauled what many students said was an unusable Web site. The new site’s features […]

Research aims to combat cancer cells

If a group of Yale researchers have their way, cancerous ovarian stem cells would be rid of their anti-chemotherapy defenses. Armed with over $5 million […]

Getting into med school: In search of the top 250 applicants

Despite mounting pressure from the medical community to expand in the face of a national physician shortage, the first-year class at what is arguably Yale’s […]

Economic downturn spares medical school

Despite the economic downturn and a 25 percent decline in the University’s endowment, the Yale School of Medicine remains, in many respects, on strong financial […]

Surgeon hones scar-free operation technique

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Appendectomies — removal of the appendix — usually require the surgeon to make […]

Of presidents and portrait painters

DARIEN, Conn. — On the first day of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, Robert Anderson ’68 began work on his first portrait of George W. […]

HIV testing available, but care scarce

HIV testing may be easier and cheaper than ever before. But as the economy continues to slump, care may become more difficult to come by. […]

HPV vaccine must fight perception

An irrational fear of increased sexual promiscuity is an unexpected foe in the fight against cervical cancer and genital warts. Indeed, the percentage of the […]

Y-NH to be smoke-free

While Yale-New Haven Hospital makes no butts about its commitment to eradicating secondhand smoke from its premises, the pungent odor of tobacco lingered in the […]