Yale

Harvard and Yale Universities are offloading significant portions of their private equity (PE) holdings, a move that, despite occurring at a discount, highlights a booming secondary market where buyers employ a technique known as “NAV squeezing” for potentially massive returns, reported...

The Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, YC-SCAN², recently announced that it has awarded more than $600,000 in grants to 14 researchers from the Yale School of Medicine for innovative projects on the impact of cannabis and cannabinoids on neurodevelopment and mental health....

Money doesn't buy happiness — or does it? Here's what one student who took Yale's 10-week online class "The Science of Well-Being" discovered. What Happened: Yale professor Laurie Santos, who teaches the free course, argues that the things we want in...

This story is part of a new series of features on the subject of success, Benzinga Inspire. Studying at an Ivy League institution is an excellent academic and personal growth opportunity. The Ivy League is a group of eight prestigious universities in the U.S. known for their academic...

Michael Pollan’s New Book Takes A Deep Dive Into Mescaline – Will This Be A Turning Point For The Recognition And Study of Mescaline? Renowned author and journalist Michael Pollan has released a new book called "This is Your Mind on Plants," in which he...

Nearly 600,000 first-year college students take calculus annually in the U.S., and 250,000 fail, according to Woodie Flowers, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT.  At $2,000 per failed course, that’s nearly $500 million in losses for students each year. How can that failure...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday authorized the emergency use of a saliva-based COVID-19 test, which could increase the testing capacity. What To Know: The test is called the SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, developed by Yale School of Public Health. The new method uses...

The United States Department of Education has launched an investigation into whether Harvard and Yale universities failed to report foreign funding as required by the law. What Happened The education department in a statement on Wednesday said that it suspects that Yale University failed to report...

Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among a group of at least 44 people charged with mail fraud, honest services fraud and other crimes related to a $25 million college admission scheme aimed at falsifying college applications to schools like Georgetown, Stanford and Yale....

“Wonder Women Of Weed” is a show co-hosted by Javier Hasse and Adelia Carrillo, featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. #WWoW is brought to you by a collaborative effort that includes Benzinga, Industry Power Women and Direct Cannabis...

GLG has produced a new series of videos focused on decision making in the business world. As part of the series, GLG, the world's leading membership network for professional learning, has interviewed a number of business leaders to ask about what considerations go into making important...

A decade after the height of the U.S. housing bubble, the impact of its collapse is still playing out in the U.S. market. The graph below shows how the percentage of Americans that own homes and the percentage of Americans that rent housing have changed since 2000. Home ownership rates...

CEO and co-founder of Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Stephen Schwarzman recently announced that he will be donating $150 million for a student center at his alma mater, Yale University. Schwarzman was on Bloomberg to discuss why he is donating to Yale and to talk about his other philanthropic...