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  1. With state-of-the-art research facilities and collaborative spaces, Yale’s Wu Tsai Institute is on a mission to understand human cognition by bridging academic disciplines.

    Wu Tsai Institute’s magnetoencephalography system known as OPM (optically pumped magnetometry)
  2. In a new video, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Professor in the Practice of Theater and Performance Studies, discusses storytelling, embracing imperfection, and what makes Yale a uniquely nurturing environment for dramatic arts.

    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins teaching in a classroom.
  3. David Breslow, Associate Professor in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and his lab are using a genetic screening technique they developed that reveals an unprecedented view into the relationship between developing cells and disease.

    Illustration of the microscopy screening strategy. The basic steps include: 1) acquiring a microscopy image of cells with labeled cilia (green) and centrioles (magenta); 2) using AI-based image analysis to identify the cilia and centrioles within the image; 3) defining regions to target so that ciliated cells can be selectively marked by photoactivation; and 4) carrying out the photoactivation, which marks ciliated cells red and thus allows these cells to be isolated for further analysis.
  4. An obituary for linguist Stephen Anderson, who taught at Yale from 1994 until his retirement in 2017, was published in the New York Times.

    Stephen Anderson in the 1980s. “Every animal has a trick,” he said. “Language is our trick.” Photo credit: Anderson family.
  5. Ned Blackhawk, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultures and histories of the indigenous peoples of North America.

    Ned Blackhawk
  6. An obituary for sociologist Kai T. Erikson, who taught at Yale from 1966 to 2000, was published in the New York Times.

    Kai Erikson (Photo by Michael Marsland)
  7. In a Q&A, trailblazing chemist and serial entrepreneur Craig Crews — whose third venture was recently acquired for more than $3 billion — discusses the transformative science emerging from Yale, and how bringing innovative ideas to market is good for the university and New Haven.

    Craig Crews. Photo credit: Marissa Fiorucci
  8. Montgomery was recognized for the 2024 article “The Many Voices of Sissieretta Jones: Opera and the Sonic Necromancy of the Black Phonographic Archive.”

  9. Gaige, Lecturer in English, was recognized for her book 'Heartwood,' a novel about an experienced hiker who goes missing on the Appalachian Trail,

    A headshot of Amity Gaige alongside the cover of her novel 'Heartwood.'
  10. Rabinowitz, who recently retired after 26 years of service to Yale, is credited with the co-discovery of thousands of asteroids, the dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt, hundreds of supernovae, and other galactic transients.

    A room of colleagues celebrates David Rabinowitz (left).