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MAYA CHANDRA
Syrup season underway at West Campus

Braving freezing temperatures, Yale students headed to West Campus to set up maple sap collection buckets in preparation for 2018’s Maplefest, an annual event held […]

February 5, 2018

MAYA CHANDRA
Lecturer explores research in Kenya

Veronica Waweru, a lecturer in Yale’s MacMillan Center, gave a talk at Luce Hall on Thursday on the lack of understanding among locals in Kenya […]

February 2, 2018

AMY XIONG
Methadone improves inmate outcomes

Jail inmates who continue to receive methadone treatment for opioid use disorder have better outcomes both during and after incarceration, according to a new Yale […]

February 2, 2018

JESSICA PEVNER
New technology predicts skin cancer risk

While there’s no magic eight ball for medicine, Yale researchers have managed to predict how likely someone is to develop skin cancer. Their approach, published […]

February 2, 2018

MARISA PERYER
Steitz reflects women in science

Molecular biologist Joan Steitz spoke about modern scientific advancements, prejudice in science and her own experiences at a wide-ranging college tea on Wednesday. The event, […]

February 1, 2018

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ALLEN SIEGLER
Study identifies FDA review process loopholes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting consumers from potentially threatening products. But a new Yale study found that the agency’s multistage […]

February 1, 2018

AMY XIONG
Alert system helps identify at-risk patients

Using a streamlined alert system that draws information from the hospital’s electronic health record, Yale researchers have developed a software tool to more quickly detect […]

February 1, 2018

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MADISON MAHONEY
Climate reporters share war stories

Three environmental reporters from California discussed the intersection of media and the environment at a panel discussion co-hosted by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and […]

January 30, 2018

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JOSH PURTELL
Yale psychiatrists push for politics in practice

A new Yale paper, published in the January issue of the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, exhorts physicians to address the underlying societal forces […]

January 30, 2018

LORENZO ARVANITIS
Yale-Penn collaboration applies cutting-edge technology to myosin

A team of Yale and University of Pennsylvania researchers recently discovered that myosin, one of the proteins responsible for muscle contraction, can sense and adapt […]

January 30, 2018

AMY XIONG
Prof’s startup to treat rare diseases

Inozyme Pharma, a new biotech company founded by School of Medicine professor Demetrios Braddock, has raised $49 million to develop enzyme replacement therapies for rare […]

January 30, 2018