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  1. The new members, who have made key contributions in a range of fields, join previously elected fellows in helping to “advance the common good” across the arts, democracy, education, global affairs, and science.

    Top row, from left, Leah Platt Boustan, Daphne Brooks, Erika J. Edwards, and Vanessa Olivia Ezenwa. Second row, from left, Branden Jacobs Jenkins, Lisa Lowe, Joanne Meyerowitz, and Gideon Yaffe.   Photos courtesy of Yale units and departments. Photo of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, used with permission.
  2. Two faculty members received Yale College’s oldest teaching award during a ceremony last week, while the longest serving college dean was honored for her support of teaching and learning.

    From left: Joe Wolenski, Sarah Mahurin, and Roger Howe. Photos by Robert DeSanto
  3. Eric Slessarev, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is the first author of a new study showing that deep-rooted grasses store significantly more carbon than crops with shallow roots, providing important climate benefits.

    Yale soil biologist Eric Slessarev traveled around the United States taking soil samples for a new study on the ability of deep-rooted grasses to store carbon. Here he samples soil at a site managed by Mississippi State University.  Photo courtesy of Eric Slessarev
  4. For a new book, Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, explores 250 years of American history by traveling to 300 historical sites in 19 states across the U.S.

    Portrait courtesy of Beverly Gage
  5. Ezenwa, who was elected as a lifelong fellow, researches the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases in wild animals.

    Vanessa Ezenwa
  6. Brendan A. Shanahan, Associate Research Scholar in the MacMillan Center and Lecturer in History, reveals in his award-winning book how state-level policies shaped the meaning of citizenship in the United States and continue to inform today’s debates over immigration and belonging.

    Author Brendan A. Shanahan book cover image
  7. Marlene Daut, Professor of French and of Black Studies, is among four Yale scholars and artists who received 2026 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

    Clockwise from top left, Marlene Daut, Justin Driver, Matthew Leifheit, and Collier Schorr  Credit/Source: Daut portrait by Dan Addison/Supplied, Driver portrait by Harold Shapiro/Yale Photo, Leifheit portrait by Sam Clarke/Supplied, Schorr portrait by Collier Schorr/Supplied
  8. Valis will be one of 40 summer residents welcomed to the National Humanities Center campus, where she will work on a new book project about Federico García Lorca and Luis Cernuda.

    Noël Valis
  9. New Haven is Yale’s home, but our impact is felt nationwide — in every state across America, in communities large and small. Explore Yale's impact across America with this interactive map.

    Map of the United States of America
  10. A new framework put forward by Joel Flynn, Assistant Professor of Economics, and co-authors shows how uncertainty and real world constraints break traditional models and offers a more realistic theory of pricing inflation and productivity.

    Interaction between vendor and customer purchasing fresh produce