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MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
New Yale study claims human ancestors chose fat, not meat

Most paleoanthropologists think that the jump start for human evolution occurred three million years ago when ancestors of humans — called hominids — smashed rocks […]

February 19, 2019

MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
S4CD volunteers help make climate policy history

In an announcement this morning, the environmental policy think tank Climate Leadership Council released the names of over 3,300 signatories endorsing its carbon tax plan.

February 18, 2019

MADISON MAHONEY
Colloquium in Healthcare discusses disparities

On Thursday evening, Helen Burstin, the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, walked attendees through her career […]

February 15, 2019

KYOUNG A LEE & KATHERINE DU
Prof speaks on medicine during the slave trade

On Thursday evening, Carolyn Roberts, assistant professor of history of medicine, spoke about medicine in the slave trade to an audience of about 30 students […]

February 15, 2019

ANNIE CHEN
Yale lab receives gift to develop VR game against youth vaping

The Yale play4REAL Lab has received another gift from Oculus Education to expand its work on smokeSCREEN VR, a virtual reality game created to prevent […]

February 14, 2019

MARISA PERYER
Alpern looks to decrease medical student debt

As his 15-year tenure draws to a close, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern looks to reduce medical student debt. At an annual address […]

February 13, 2019

MARISA PERYER
Cadaver photos, lewd captions found in YSM yearbooks

Numerous photographs found in Yale School of Medicine yearbooks depict medical students posing with human donors. Some of the photos are also accompanied by lewd captions.

February 13, 2019

MARISA PERYER
Alpern looks to decrease medical student debt

As his 15-year tenure draws to a close, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern looks to reduce medical student debt. At an annual address […]

February 13, 2019

MADISON MAHONEY
Yale hosts conference on environment and sustainability

This past weekend, more than 100 leading national authorities on climate change and sustainability attended the Yale Environmental Dialogues — a workshop series at the […]

February 12, 2019

EUI YOUNG KIM & JESSICA PEVNER
Edward Zigler, “Father of Head Start”, dies at 88

Edward F. Zigler, Yale Sterling professor emeritus of psychology known as the “Father of Head Start,” passed away last Thursday in his North Haven home. He was 88.

February 12, 2019

EUI YOUNG KIM
Worry decreases attention to positive images

A new study by researchers at Yale and the Complutense University of Madrid found that worry turns people away from positive information to a much […]

February 12, 2019