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ZAINAB HAMID
Yale students, faculty support future Syrian doctors

Yale students and faculty have teamed up with the State University of New York at Albany to provide medical education to Syrian students in the midst of a protracted civil war. As of May 2014, there were only 40 doctors serving the 2.5 million residents of Aleppo, and only 40 percent of public hospitals in the country were fully functioning.

October 25, 2016

CAITLIN WESTERFIELD
Group violence caused by friendship networks

A study at the Yale Institute of Network Science has found that social networks are critical to humans’ motivations for participation in group violence. The […]

October 25, 2016

ELLEN KAN
G&G professor wins Packard Fellowship

Geology and geophysics professor Noah Planavsky has been awarded a 2016 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. This prestigious grant, which carries nearly $1 million, […]

October 24, 2016

KEVIN LIN
Energy bar start-up to expand beyond Yale

A group of innovative Yale students has converted the morning cup of coffee into an energy bar called Verb. Last year, Matt Czarnecki ’18 began […]

October 24, 2016

MADDIE BENDER
Histone core genes significant to carcinosarcomas, study finds

A study by Yale researchers found two novel genetic mutations which could be responsible for causing a particularly aggressive form of ovarian and uterine cancer. […]

October 18, 2016

JOE CLASS
Chemical inhibitor may provide lung cancer treatment

A recently published Yale study may offer a new solution to fighting lung cancer. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have identified a chemical […]

October 18, 2016

KEVIN SWAIN
Fossil study sheds light on ancient sea floor life

A recent Yale study, which suggests that the high silica content of ancient oceans is responsible for the preservation of the Ediacara biota fossil group, […]

October 18, 2016

ELLEN KAN
USAY video calls for sexual violence awareness

Last Thursday, the student organization Unite Against Sexual Assault Yale released a video titled “A Call to Allies,” designed to encourage students to take a stand against campus sexual violence.

October 17, 2016

KEVIN LIN
Yale innovators build tool to treat depression

Last March, a team of Yale innovators launched Spring, an online medical tool connecting depression patients to care options, helping to incorporate medical technology into […]

October 14, 2016

ELLEN KAN
Peabody museum unveils state-of-the-art exhibit space

Starting on Oct. 23, a 2,000-pound glowing quartz crystal will greet visitors at the David Friend Hall gallery in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural […]

October 14, 2016

Ellen Kan
ZAINAB HAMID
New phase I trial center broadens scope

Connecticut’s first center dedicated to conducting phase I clinical trials opened in Yale New Haven’s Smilow Cancer Hospital in mid-July. Phase I trials test new […]

October 14, 2016