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  1. An undergraduate seminar taught by astrophysicist Meg Urry adds an artistic dimension to scientific concepts of time and space.

    Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, examines art from the perspective of astrophysics with seminar students.
  2. Yale researchers deliver insights into a pair of spiky sea creatures, the use of AI triage, and brain connections in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

    A virtual reconstruction of Punk ferox, highlighting the ancient mollusk’s top-of-the-body spikes (purple).
  3. A new Yale study finds that a destabilized ozone layer may have delayed the rise of land animals and plants on Earth.

    Noah Planavsky.
  4. In the field and in the lab, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Lidya Tarhan is deepening our understanding of early evolution and uncovering ancient organisms in Earth's sedimentary record.

    Lidya Tarhan
  5. A new study shows that the snail darter, a tiny fish that was the focus of a legal battle that gave teeth to the Endangered Species Act, is not a distinct species.

    A new study shows that the snail darter, a tiny fish (pictured) that was the focus of a legal battle that gave teeth to the Endangered Species Act, is not a distinct species.
  6. Schotland, who has made ground-breaking contributions to applied mathematics, joined the Yale faculty in 2020 and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Physics.

    John Schotland
  7. A Yale-led project that aims to develop quantum technology into practical applications has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation.

    AI-generated image, created and edited by Michael S. Helfenbein
  8. Brock, an internationally recognized mathematician who joined the Yale faculty in 2018, is also dean of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science.

    Jeffrey Brock
  9. This year, over 60 faculty joined Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences — here, three new arrivals discuss their scholarship and hopes for teaching.

    Martina Dal Bello
  10. Karla Neugebauer, a biochemist whose research has revealed new insights into the function of RNA, joined the Yale faculty in 2013.

    Karla Neugebauer