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June 3, 2021
The biggest shark attack in history did not involve humans. A new study by Earth scientists from Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the College of the Atlantic has...
June 2, 2021
For two years running, the road to one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics has gone through New Haven. In both 2020 and 2021, an Abel Prize — considered by many the...
June 2, 2021
Forty faculty members retired from the FAS in 2020-2021, and six active FAS colleagues passed away during the academic year. As is tradition in the FAS, at the final Yale...
May 27, 2021
A new Yale study vindicates the often-maligned reputation of an ancient assortment of worms, trilobites, and other animals that once lived in Earth’s oceans.
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May 26, 2021
Dear colleagues,  As the days lengthen and the sun shines more brightly, I write with gratitude and admiration for the myriad ways in which we have come together as a...
May 14, 2021
The New York Times profiles Yale’s Elizabeth Hinton and her new book, “America on Fire,” about Black protest in the 20th century.
May 13, 2021
Mark A. Reed, the Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics, and integral member of the SEAS community for three decades, passed away...