Alberto Masliah
Alberto Masliah
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Main Street, Brazil 5,000 miles from Sao Paulo
Driving into Danbury, Conn., you can feel the magic. Somewhere between exits four and five on Interstate 84, dreary New England is transformed into the tropics. It may be the "Fala-sê Português" signs in the windows of the stores that line Main Street.
Sun shines on home built by students
Students at the Yale School of Architecture use hammers as well as T-squares in their daily education. In an effort to fulfill the building project requirement of their first year of study, graduate students completed construction of a home Thursday.
Environment Sch. report shows gains
Trend data reveals increase in diversity
Just as businesses across the nation compose detailed performance reports at the end of the fiscal year, the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies completed its own annual trends report, tabulating progress in fund raising, grant awards, faculty...
Researchers examine deformities in amphibian limbs
In 1995, a group of schoolchildren in the wetlands of rural Le Sueur, Minn., yelled out to their teacher. "This one has no legs on one side and a bunch on the other!" one student said, according to a PBS transcript chronicling the discovery of the...
Singing is about more than perfect pitch
Understanding perfect pitch may be difficult for those without the ability to instantaneously name a note upon first hearing it. Imagine a classroom full of children. All are colorblind, save one, and they all get palettes and paint. "Just imagine...
Astronomers space out, find 10th planet
Watch out Pluto, you've got some competition. University astronomers and physicists, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology and the Gemini Observatory, have discovered what they claim is the 10th planet, taking Pluto's status as...
Cancer treatment enters trials
Researchers at the School of Medicine are combining their artillery specialized for liquid and solid cancers to target the disease when it appears in the lungs The latest research efforts, led by Dr. Lynn Wilson, a radiation oncologist specialist at...
How do the sciences stack up to the University's other departments?
As Group IV majors make the long trek up Science Hill, the nearly-completed Biomedical Engineering Building serves as a reminder that science at Yale is not neglected. The University is slowly ascending the national rankings for engineering, after...
FES talks focus on deforestation
This week, delegates from the World Wildlife Foundation of Indonesia were at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies to discuss the effects of illegal deforestation on the Indonesian community with leaders in the field, including professor of...
McCormick wins Javits Award
Neurobiology professor nets funding to study cerebral cortex function
Research on brain functions that humans never recognize has earned a School of Medicine professor significant attention. Neurobiology professor David McCormick was awarded the Senator Jacob Javits Award by the National Institute of Neurological...