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  1. Incoming FAS faculty member Elizabeth Yankovsky blends physics, Earth and planetary sciences, and computer science to model the world’s oceans.

    Elizabeth Yankovsky, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  2. Using 25 years of genetic and demographic data, Yale researchers shed light on what causes owl monkeys to leave their parents.

    Owl monkeys
  3. Yale paleontologist Bhart-Anjan Bhullar reflects on his journey into his field as a Yale undergraduate, his research on the foundations of life, and the importance of mentorship in his career and teaching.

    Associate Professor Bhart-Anjan Bhullar
  4. The new members will join previously elected fellows in helping to advance the common good.

    Top row, from left, Anne L. Alstott, Susan Baserga, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Anna Christina Nobre. Bottom row, from left, Hee Oh, Marina Picciotto, and Karin M. Reinisch.
  5. Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry.

    Priyamvada Natarajan and Akiko Iwasaki
  6. If confirmed as a galaxy, the system would be the faintest galaxy ever discovered — and may suggest that many others remain to be discovered.

    Hidden within this deep sky image (left) is UMa3/U1, a tiny group of stars (right) in orbit around the Milky Way.
  7. For nearly eight decades, Robert G. Shulman, a Yale biophysicist and pioneer of spectroscopy, has contributed major insights to a host of scientific fields.

    Robert G. Shulman
  8. In 2024 persistence continues to shape Gilbert’s work—not only in the lab, but in her efforts to advance belonging in science.

    Wendy Gilbert holding up her second-grade certificate of distinction
  9. Caines’ research has revealed important insights into the behavior of nuclear matter under extremes of temperature and density.

    Helen Caines
  10. Yale researchers have discovered evidence of why a fish group, considered “living fossils,” has existed largely unchanged for tens of millions of years.

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