Using a trove of historical records, researchers including Tim Jesper Suhrhoff, Postdoctoral Associate in Earth & Planetary Sciences, have found that a process known as agricultural liming stores more carbon in the soil than it emits, a finding that contradicts conventional emissions accounting.

A translation by Marta Figlerowicz, Professor of Comparative Literature, has received the 2026 Modernist Studies Association Translation Prize for "The Bad Child: A Maria Janion Reader," a collection exploring nationalism, identity, and cultural history through the writings of Polish intellectual Maria Janion.

A new study from a Yale-led research team, including astronomers Emma Jane Weller and Priyamvada Natarajan, suggests that some of the most interesting black holes in the universe are the ones that have “wandered” away.

A study led by Damanveer Grewal, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, provides the first geochemical evidence that aerodynamic sorting of material for the solar system’s first bodies began much earlier than previously known.

The prize recognized Assistant Professor of English Marcel Elias's "English Literature and the Crusades: Anxieties of Holy War, 1291-1453" as Best First Monograph on a topic dealing with late-medieval literature published in 2024 or 2025.

Since 2011, health insurance premiums in the United States have increased at twice the rate of inflation. A new study co-authored by Zack Cooper, Associate Professor of Economics, shows that rising health care spending is to blame.

A study led by Patrick Holland, Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry, demonstrates that microcrystal electron diffraction can accurately locate hydrides—hydrogen atoms bound to metals—offering a new tool for studying metal hydrides and advancing catalyst research.

Jennifer Coughlan, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is a 2026 recipient of the Emerging Leader Award from the Botany Society of America. The award is given annually in recognition of creative and influential scholarship, and impact in any area of Botany reflecting the breadth of the BSA.

For our new faculty spotlight series, we asked incoming FAS faculty member Dr. Abubakarr Yillah, Lecturer in Mathematics, about their teaching, field of research, and thoughts on joining Yale!

For our new faculty spotlight series, we asked incoming FAS faculty member Gloria Mellesmoen, Lecturer in Linguistics, about their teaching, field of research, and thoughts on joining Yale!