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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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From the ancient Greeks and Egyptians to Neil Armstrong and the scientists who drove the space race, people have long been captivated by the stars and planets. Now with modern technology and scientific advancements, there is no limit to the information scientists can find in the stars. Researchers like Juan Lora are shooting for the moon — Saturn’s moon to be precise.
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Professor Luciano Floridi, founding director of Yale’s Digital Ethics Center and professor in the practice in the Cognitive Science program, and President Peter Salovey discuss Yale’s new Digital Ethics Center to research the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of digital innovation and technologies like artificial intelligence.
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In his new book, Braxton Shelley, Associate Professor of Music, of Sacred Music, and of Divinity, explores Bishop G. E. Patterson’s eternal transmission of the sacred through Black Pentecostal music-making.
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In a new study of Syrian refugee families with small children, fathers viewed themselves as highly involved parents; their wives often begged to differ.
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Yale researchers glean new insights from far beneath the Himalayan mountains and from the bottom of the ocean.
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Undergraduates explored topics ranging from modern opera to heavy metal in three new courses offered through Yale’s Associates in Teaching program.
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Eckart Frahm is one of the world’s foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire. He joined Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2002.
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Joormann has done groundbreaking research on the identification of cognitive risk factors for depression and the role of emotion regulation in psychopathology.
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Author and Nobel laureate William Nordhaus discusses the key findings and implications of new research on how we model the costs of climate change.
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In a new book, Carlos Eire evaluates once-common accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena — and challenges readers to suspend their own disbelief.