Yale Daily News

Following advice from the Connecticut Department of Public Health to health care providers to be on the lookout for the Zika virus, the Yale Office of Emergency Management is investigating the potential risk posed to the University and monitoring Yale-affiliated travel in the areas of South and Central America.

February 3, 2016

On Jan. 15, the Yale School of Medicine launched a poster and online campaign called “Help Us Discover Heroes,” which encourages the public to participate in clinical trials of treatment methods for various disorders.

January 29, 2016

Kay Redfield Jamison, prominent mental health activist and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, spoke Wednesday night to a packed Sudler Hall about her decadeslong personal battle with bipolar disorder, the difficulties associated with mental illness, its relationship to gun violence in the United States and its romanticization as an enhancer of creativity.

January 28, 2016

“An atmosphere of inclusion and the appreciation of diversity are core values in Mental Health & Counseling,” Genecin wrote.

January 22, 2016

Two hundred Alexion employees returned to New Haven Tuesday after the company’s 16-year stint in nearby Cheshire, Connecticut.

January 21, 2016

This semester, Student Wellness at Yale will expand its Koru Mindfulness program — a seminar series that aims to teach students basic skills of meditation […]

January 21, 2016

Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin appointed Howard Blue to the newly-created position of Deputy Director of Mental Health and Counseling at Yale Health Friday.

December 22, 2015

After controversy earlier this year regarding gender issues at the medical school, Dean of the School of Medicine Robert Alpern outlined the process behind this […]

December 3, 2015

In November, Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews announced that the Wellness Project — an initiative to promote mental health and wellness on campus — had selected 12 out of 50 applications for the project’s student wellness grants, which can provide up to $1,000 in funding for student projects.

December 2, 2015

Ten days ago, in a Nov. 19 email to the medical school community, Dean of the Yale School of Medicine Robert Alpern responded to student demands for increased diversity and inclusion at the School. In his email, Alpern discussed many issues recently raised by students and announced several new measures to improve the School’s diversity.

November 30, 2015

The recently launched Tobacco-Free Yale campaign, which held its kick-off event Thursday afternoon in the Woolsey Rotunda, aims to eliminate tobacco use at Yale within […]

November 20, 2015