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The stories of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: the achievements and activities of our faculty, departments, and programs.

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  1. A new report on the state of global species protection from the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, directed by Walter Jetz, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, shows mixed results in conservation efforts aimed at protecting land and waters for biodiversity.

    A four-panel collage of wildlife, featuring a bird, a brown frog, a bat hanging upside down, and a black-and-white tropical fish.
  2. In a new Q&A, Associate Professor of Chemistry Stacy Malaker tells the story of how she helped develop a new field of research and the potential it has for detecting and treating disease.

    Stacy Malaker
  3. In the debut episode of Walk Into a Bar, Chiara Mingarelli, Assistant Professor of Physics, and Maiani da Silva, Lecturer in the Music Department, explore gravitational waves and sound waves.

    Two women, an astrophysicist and a musician, sit across from each other at a table in a bar
  4. In this edition of Humanitas, Francesco Casetti serves on the Venice Film Festival jury, Meghan O’Rourke’s “Writing in Public” demystifies publishing, Elizabeth Hinton explores incarceration and punishment, and Marta Figlerowicz receives a translation prize.

    Yale’s Francesco Casetti (second from right) with his fellow jurors at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.
  5. New research by John Geanakoplos, James Tobin Professor of Economics, and Stanford's Jeremy Bulow, finds that "rational myopia" leads many more firms to act like monopolists than traditional economic theory suggests.

    A woman holding a tablet stands in a busy modern office lobby as people walk past her in motion blur.
  6. Stephanie Newell, George M. Bodman Professor of English, has received the International Institute of Literature and Arts (IILA) Distinguished Humanities Scholar Award in recognition of her contributions to West African literature and print culture.

    Stephanie Newell
  7. As countries design carbon markets that could cut billions of tons of emissions, Yale economists Nick Ryan, Associate Professor of Economics, and Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics, are working to make sure they deliver on their potential.

    Nick Ryan
  8. Richard Bribiescas, J. Clayton Stephenson/Class of 1954 Professor of Anthropology, was recently elected to the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing his long partnership with colleagues at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

    Richard Bribiescas
  9. In a Q&A, Julia Jarcho, Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, discusses her “experimental mayhem,” why she’s teaching a course on glamour, and what she likes to do outside of the world of theater.

    Julia Jarcho
  10. FAS faculty are advancing research across the sciences, from exploring the early universe and evolutionary biology to promoting transparency and reproducibility in AI-assisted research. Faculty also earned honors recognizing their contributions to physics, astronomy, and paleontology.

    A view of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) at night, with the Milky Way in the background.