Dr. Christopher van Dyck, one of the world’s leading experts on the neurobiology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, was recently appointed the Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in “filtering” sensory ...

In the late-1970s, a small freshwater fish known as the snail darter made history when its newly acquired status as an endangered species helped to temporarily block construction of the Tellico Dam in ...

When Robert van Sice first began teaching percussion, he, like many young teachers, worked primarily from a one-size-fits-all methodology. “You know, ‘I believe this about percussion playing, and if ...

Happy anniversary, Yale Quantum Institute. It’s time for a cake topped with “entangled” candles that are simultaneously lit and unlit. How else to celebrate a decade of excellence in one of science’s ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...

Campus is quiet as Yale settles into the semester break, but the university still offers options for adventure before the spring semester gets underway in earnest — nearly all of it for free. Here are ...

At Yale, 2024 was a year of transformation and renewal. The university welcomed a new president, Maurie McInnis, an accomplished scholar, university leader, and alumna who first arrived on campus as a ...

Researchers from universities across the northeastern United States recently gathered at Yale’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy to share their work examining aspects of Medicaid, a government program ...

John Schotland, who has made ground-breaking contributions to applied mathematics, was recently appointed the Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics, effective immediately. He is a member of Yale’s ...

Sharyn Beck Wilson, who rose to become associate secretary of the university in the 1970s, managing an extensive portfolio, and also helped oversee a presidential search in 1992-1993 that culminated ...

Wearable sensors such as smartwatches that collect physical and physiological data may be powerful tools in the effort to better understand brain and behavioral illnesses and their genetic drivers, a ...