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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."