Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut
Yale: Faculty-Student Partnership Brings AI Ethics to the Classroom
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Faculty-Student Partnership Brings AI Ethics to the Classroom
Liz DeRosa Tuesday, September 8, 2026
When AI became a recurring theme in Professor Julian Posada's Information, Ethics, and Society class, he was intrigued. Realizing that few courses examine the ethics behind the technology, he determined change was needed. Supported by an AI Course Revision grant from Yale's Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learn
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Yale: Making Medical AI Smarter and Safer
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Making Medical AI Smarter and Safer
A conversation with Qingyu Chen, PhD, about what medical artificial intelligence learns, what it memorizes, and what it takes to use it responsibly.
By Sooyoun Tan
September 08, 2026
Qingyu Chen, PhD, and his team set out to study how artificial intelligence (AI) language models are adapted for medicine and found that what these models memorize can be both useful and ris
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Yale: What's That Smell? Researchers Use AI to Map the Elusive Sense
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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What's that smell? Researchers use AI to map the elusive sense
A Yale-led study shows that machine learning can accurately predict how people perceive complex mixtures of odors, laying the groundwork to create a digital framework for understanding the sense of smell.
Sep 9, 2026
By Mike Cummings
Visual artists can consult a digital color wheel to test relationships between different shades. Audio
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Yale: When Should Patients See a Rheumatologist for Chronic Back Pain?
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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When Should Patients See a Rheumatologist for Chronic Back Pain?
By Rachel Martin
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an inflammatory condition that causes chronic back pain and, if left untreated, can lead to fusion of the spinal or sacroiliac joints. The condition frequently remains underdiagnosed, with some studies suggesting that diagnosis can be delayed by up to 14 years.
A new set of recommend
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