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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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Hungarian mathematician László Lovász, who was a Yale faculty member from 1993 to 1999, is a co-recipient of the prestigious 2021 Abel Prize in mathematics.
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Political scientists Stephen Skowronek and John Dearborn discuss their new book, “Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic,” and the expansion of executive power.
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When couples with similar educational backgrounds marry, it increases income and domestic equity in the home — and exacerbates inequality between households.
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Less than a decade after unveiling the “Map of Life,” Yale researchers launch an even more ambitious project — a map of where life has yet to be discovered.
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Professor of English Feisal Mohamed tells us how John Milton’s poetry responds to the political questions that shape our world to this day.
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It has been generations since a world event enveloped us all in a shared trauma that motivates so many people to volunteer their time, shift career priorities and do their part. The COVID-19 pandemic’s lack of respect for borders and boundaries has also led to innovative and collaborative new partnerships for public health and the Yale community.
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Seven members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have recently been named to endowed professorships by vote of Yale’s Board of Trustees.
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Evren Savcı found so little published about queer politics in Turkey a decade ago when writing her dissertation, she expanded her research into a book.
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President Peter Salovey and Professor Louise Glück discuss her discovery of poetry, the importance of mentorship, and her love of teaching. Their conversation is followed by a recording of Professor Glück’s reading of her poem “October.”
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Ana Ramos-Zayas has been appointed the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, effective Jan. 1, 2021.