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  1. 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.

  2. Political scientists Stephen Skowronek and John Dearborn discuss their new book, “Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic,” and the expansion of executive power.

  3. When couples with similar educational backgrounds marry, it increases income and domestic equity in the home — and exacerbates inequality between households.

  4. 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.

  5. Professor of English Feisal Mohamed tells us how John Milton’s poetry responds to the political questions that shape our world to this day.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.”

  10. Ana Ramos-Zayas has been appointed the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, effective Jan. 1, 2021.