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  1. Currie, David Swenson Professor of Economics, said infection risks remain "underappreciated" during pregnancy, despite decades of evidence. "Even though the flu vaccine is recommended for pregnant women, very few pregnant women get it," she said.

    Janet Currie
  2. During a recent visit to Yale, Hwansoo Kim, a Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures, engaged Kwan, in conversation about her life story and approach to cooking.

    Hwansoo Kim, an associate professor of Korean Buddhism and culture, engaged Kwan, center, in conversation about her life story and approach to cooking.  (Photo by Stephanie Anestis)
  3. The American Society of Criminology recognized Anderson for his pioneering ethnographic research on urban crime.

    Elijah Anderson (Photo by Michael Marsland)
  4. Stephen R. Anderson, Dorothy R. Diebold Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, who taught at Yale from 1994 until his retirement in 2017, died October 13, 2025 in Asheville, North Carolina.

    Stephen Anderson
  5. In a new study, Yale researchers in the lab of David Breslow, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, identified a pathway that allows cells to “disassemble” their cilia before division — and found a possible connection to a neurological disorder.

    From left, Catie Wrinn, Jingbo Sun, and David Breslow in Breslow's lab. Photo credit: Allie Barton
  6. In a new course taught by Todne Thomas and Nicholas Jones, students are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of tarot—a divinatory medium practiced by fortune-tellers, artists, and the curious for centuries.

    Prof. Todne Thomas (left) examines tarot cards from the Beinecke Museum collections alongside four students from her fall 2025 course, "The World(ing) of Tarot". Photo credit: Abiba Biao
  7. A global competition to combine AI with climate solutions has named a project led by Elizabeth Yankovsky, Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, as one of two Yale-related projects among its winning ideas.

    Yale’s Luke Gloege (left) and Elizabeth Yankovsky are part of a team developing a highly advanced forecasting system for marine carbon dioxide removal strategies.
  8. From playwriting to investigative journalism to graphic fiction, Yale offers a multitude of courses in creative writing. The following video, featuring graphic novelist and Professor in the Practice Alison Bechdel, is the first in a series about teaching — and learning — how to write at Yale.

    Alison Bechdel
  9. Reina Maruyama, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Karsten Heeger, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, are members of CUORE alongside Yale research scientists, postdoctoral students, graduate students, and international collaborators.

    Samantha Pagan working on the CUPID (CUORE’s successor) Muon Veto System at Wright Laboratory.  (Image courtesy of Yale Wright Laboratory/Iris Ponce)
  10. This fall, a popular undergraduate course on invertebrate biology taught by Casey Dunn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has been reinvented as a hands-on, field research experience on one of the region’s Thimble Islands.

    A student in Professor Casey Dunn's course on Connecticut's Horse Island crouches down to examine samples of aquatic plants in glass dishes. Photo credit: Dan Renzetti