Sharks, salt (and a taste of lobster)
By John Curtis

An intensive week at the bench in Maine introduces students to modern lab strategies and techniques, ancient DNA and a clambake to write home about.


A world of difference
By Cathy Shufro

Yale’s International Health Program sends young doctors around the globe to provide needed care—and learn the basics of a simpler medicine.

An epidemic in the making
By Randi Hutter Epstein

Type 2 diabetes poses alarming health risks as obesity soars and exercise is crowded from modern life. Yale investigators are seeking better ways to prevent and treat the disease and to understand the science of fat.