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Cognition center celebrates halloween with canines

Friday afternoon, 175 St. Ronan St. was busier than usual — over a dozen dogs, all dressed up in colorful costumes, gathered at the parking lot in front of Yale’s Canine Cognition Center to attend the center’s annual Halloween celebration.

Scarce STEM grants imperil research jobs

Yale’s science faculty across the University are struggling to find ample funding for their research even after they get tenure, due to the financial landscape of both the University and the country’s STEM fields.

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Anxiety symptoms correlate to high academic motivation

Being anxious may be beneficial to academic motivation, according to a new study coauthored by Yale researchers.

Depression during pregnancy influences postpartum

Depression during pregnancy may affect how women interact and bond with their infants, according to new research from the Yale Child Study Center.

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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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Former Yale researcher wins Nobel Prize

Last week, the University added another esteemed alumnus to its list of Nobel Laureates. Aziz Sancar, who studied at Yale as a postgraduate fellow during the late ’70s in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Study finds children understand game theory

According to a recent co-authored Yale study, children may think just as much about the future as adults do.

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YSPH promotes breastfeeding health benefits

In a nation where the news cycle is often filled with women being ejected from restaurants or stores for breastfeeding publicly, epidemiology professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, and his colleagues at the Yale School of Public Health are working to increase the effectiveness of programs that promote breastfeeding worldwide.

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.

New health system affiliation raise questions for unions

In July, L+M Healthcare and the Yale New Haven Health System announced a joint decision to place three neighboring health centers — Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, Westerly Hospital and the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut — under the YNHHS administration.

Students ambivalent on flipped chemistry classroom

Last year, the Chemistry Department experimented not only with molecules and reactions but also with pedagogical techniques.

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