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  1. The Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale, founded and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Yale professor in the practice Sarah Stillman, supports young journalists in deep reporting for both local and national audiences.

    Illustrations of six people, with black text overlain that describes their stories. Illustrations by Janelle Retka.
  2. In a new video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Professor in the Practice Sarah Stillman discusses the challenges and joys of teaching investigative journalism.

    Sarah Stillman
  3. Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, has been awarded the 39th Joan B. Cendrós International Prize for his lifetime contributions to the study of Catalonia's medieval history and the international impact of his work.

    Paul Freedman
  4. Fischel, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was shortlisted for his most recent book, "Sodomy's Solicitations A Right to Queerness."

    Joseph Fischel
  5. What would happen if AI becomes capable of performing essentially all economically valuable work? In a wide-ranging Q&A, Pascual Restrepo, Associate Professor of Economics, dives into how economists view the future of labor markets.

    Pascual Restrepo
  6. In an hourlong conversation, David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, discusses historians, the practice of history, and cultural institutions with Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation.

    David Blight (left) and Kevin Roberts
  7. Yale's Zack Cooper—Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Economics, and Associate Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies—heads the new Health Care Affordability Lab, launched in March 2026 to leverage academic research to help cut health-care costs.

    Zack Cooper stands in front of a blackboard. Photo credit: Michael Schmitt
  8. The new telescope, co-created by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and now under construction in Chile, may help astronomers observe the “web” of dark matter and gas connecting galaxies.

    Screen capture from a time lapse movie of the first night of testing. The first mount of 30 is put through its paces, with the Milky Way rising in the sky. Credit: Team MOTHRA
  9. Daut and Glover were awarded the prize for their “comprehensive, erudite, and sprawling” co-edited book, A History of Haitian Literature.

    Portraits of Marlene L. Daut (left) and Kaiama Glover alongside the cover of their book, A History of Haitian Literature.
  10. “The Health Care Affordability Lab is a bridge between academic scholars and policymakers seeking to slow spending growth without harming quality,” said Zack Cooper, director of the new Lab and an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Public Health and in the Department of Economics.

    Zack Cooper