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  1. A 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Yale Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics Michel Devoret – who holds a secondary appointment in Physics in the FAS – “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.”

    Michel Devoret
  2. Amrith's book of environmental history, The Burning Earth, continues to garner accolades including the 2025 Toynbee Prize, a longlisting for the 2025 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and a nomination for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize.

    Sunil Amrith
  3. Fellows from this year’s Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute participated in two seminars led by Yale’s FAS faculty. This week, they gathered to share and celebrate their work to strengthen teaching and learning in New Haven.

    Fellows in the 2025 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute presented their work at a September 30 showcase.  (Photo by David Liebowitz)
  4. In a Q&A, Marta Sanvido, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, describes the impact a trip to Japan had on her studies, the “secret documents” of her most recent research, and searching for the perfect cup of coffee in New Haven.

    Marta Sanvido
  5. Yale-led research introduces a new framework to show how protectionist policies ripple through global markets, reducing U.S. deficits but eroding real consumption.

    Image of a container ship
  6. A new study led by Damanveer Singh Grewal, an assistant professor of Earth and planetary science in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, suggests that planetesimals in the early solar system emerged from a succession of high-energy collisions.

    Image of two asteroids colliding in space (Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein with AI-generated images).
  7. Junliang Shen, Associate Professor of Mathematics, received a 2024–25 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize from the FAS for his innovative use of algebraic geometry to solve questions in topology, geometry, and mathematical physics.

    Junliang Shen. Photo credit: Abiba Biao
  8. Newly announced state funding for quantum-related infrastructure comes as public and private entities coalesce around building a quantum tech economy in Connecticut.

    Image of the New Haven Quantum and Life Sciences Innovation Cluster (Photo by Allie Barton).
  9. Samuel McDougle, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was awarded a 2024–25 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize from the FAS for his groundbreaking work to understand how cognition interacts with the body’s movements.

    Samuel McDougle
  10. A new study led by Candie Paulsen, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, has uncovered the hidden mechanical move that may regulate pain signaling in the human body — and why it sometimes goes awry.

    Candie Thompson, assistant professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, in her Science Hill lab with members of her research team. Photo credit: Allie Barton