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  1. The acclaimed playwright and Yale faculty member received a Tony Award for Best Play, for “Purpose,” just weeks after the same play earned him the Pulitzer Prize.

    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins poses with the Tony award he won on June 8, 2025, for his play "Purpose." Photo courtesy: Evan Agostini / AP
  2. A new Yale study advances the ability of genome engineers to edit multiple DNA sites by threefold, and helps prevent unwanted mutations in the process.

    AI-generated image depicting a hand holding a pair of tweezers that are being used on a glowing strand of DNA. Image credit: Adobe Stock.
  3. Laura Wexler, Charles H. Farnam Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, wrote and edited “Magnum America: The United States,” an extraordinary new collection of more than 600 photos of the United States since World War II.

    Cover of the book "Magnum America: The United States"
  4. Using cutting-edge statistical modeling, Yale researchers examined mating success rates among one prairie bird — and found that females are more attracted to dance moves than aggressive fighting.

    Close-up of a male greater sage-grouse ‘strut’ display.
  5. While birds are better able than most species to relocate in response to climate change, the environment is changing faster than they can fly, a new Yale study finds.

    A small, spotted brown bird - a cactus wren - sitting atop a cactus. Photo credit: Jeremy Cohen.
  6. Amid longstanding concerns that emigration causes “brain drain,” research by Mushfiq Mobarak, Jerome Kasoff ’54 Professor of Management and Economics, and coauthors identifies more complex dynamics at play.

    Mushfiq Mobarak
  7. The nonpartisan center – directed by Bryan Garsten, Professor of Humanities and Political Science – will encourage students to engage in civic thinking that integrates various forms of knowledge and informs their practical judgments as citizens.

    Sterling Memorial Library. Photo credit: Michael Marsland.
  8. Each of us must make the case for what universities contribute and for what is at stake if we fall behind as a nation in education, research, and scholarship.

  9. Yale research makes America stronger, safer, and healthier.

    Nick Turk-Browne (left) preparing a child participant and parent for an infant MRI study in the Brain Imaging Center (now BrainWorks) at Yale University circa 2021. Photo credit: 160/90
  10. Messeri was awarded the honorable mention for this year’s Ludwik Fleck Prize in Science and Technology Studies for her book "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles."

    A headshot of Lisa Messeri alongside the cover of her book, In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles.