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  1. Her book, In the Land of Marvels, was honored with the most prestigious international award for works on the history of scientific instruments.

    Paola Bertucci
  2. Every Tuesday, FAS professor Shawkat Toorawa invites members of the campus and New Haven communities to a short presentation on three topics he thinks they should know about.

    Shawkat Toorawa stands in front the front of a room during his weekly seminar, the Dr. T project.
  3. A new Yale study describes a key mechanism that blocks egg-sperm fertilization.

    Depiction of sperm cells approaching an egg cell. Credit: Adobe Stock.
  4. Floridi is one of four Spring 2025 Montgomery Fellows who will visit Dartmouth in the coming months to discuss topics related to artificial intelligence.

    Luciano Floridi
  5. In a new book, Yale historian Michael Brenes argues that engaging in great-power competition with China ultimately weakens the United States both at home and abroad.

    A headshot of Michael Brenes next to the cover of his latest book, "The Rivalry: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy," co-authored with Van Jackson.
  6. For political scientist Mellissa Meisels, congressional primaries are like a show she can’t turn off.

    Mellissa Meisels
  7. Part of Yale’s extensive collections, the Voynich manuscript has resisted translation for more than a century. A linguist weighs in.

    Two pages of the Voynich manuscript featuring drawings of plants, animals, and people. The mysterious manuscript has resisted translation for more than a century.
  8. It is well known that cells can adapt to changes in the environment through genetic mechanisms, but a new study finds that they also have another, quicker way to respond.

    A school of fish swim past an underwater post covered in barnacles. Credit: Adobe Stock
  9. Yale’s Amir Haji-Akbari, Tristan Geiller, Ian Moult, and Shreya Saxena have received 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize outstanding early-career scientists and scholars.

    Clockwise from top left, Shreya Saxena, Tristan Geiller, Amir Haji-Akbari, and Ian Moult.
  10. Emily Sellars, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, speaks with Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies about the historical and contemporary forces driving emigration from Mexico and the dynamics between political centralization and domestic conflict.

    Emily Sellars