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  1. Do some anti-smoking policies help push people naturally predisposed to nicotine use into groups that actually reinforce the behavior? For Yale’s Ramina Sotoudeh, whose research integrates genetics and sociology, questions like this are all in a day’s work.

    Ramina Sotoudeh, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  2. Two Yale-led studies indicate the promise of finding hybrid approaches to developing alternative solar fuels.

    Two graduated cylinders in space in front of the sun.
  3. Cynthia Zarin, Senior Lecturer in English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, discusses writing Inverno and the way characters remember – and misremember – their lives

    Cynthia Zarin
  4. Field-based research is integral to science, but logistical constraints limit who can do the work. A Yale researcher wants to lower the barriers.

    Paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson, right, has served as the principal investigator at sites in Malawi, a developing country in southeastern Africa
  5. In this edition of “Humanitas,” a Yale lecturer wins a Pulitzer Prize, a playwright receives a Tony nomination, and YSA architects tackle the climate challenge.

    Sarah Stillman and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
  6. Nicholas Christakis and James Mayer were elected to the academy, one of the highest honors bestowed on a U.S. scientist or engineer.

    Nicholas Christakis and James Mayer
  7. Across the African diaspora, Black women must live up to political and social obligations and gendered expectations. But while concepts like “Black Girl Magic” and Black excellence provide empowering narratives, can they also become a source of social pressure? This is the kind of question that Kaiama L. Glover investigates through her scholarship on African diasporic literature.

    Kaiama L. Glover
  8. Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis recognized six recipients of the college’s annual teaching prizes during a reception on April 29.

    Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis with prizewinners Carlos Eire, John Lafferty, Adriane Steinacker, David Blight, and Margherita Tortora
  9. Sreeganga Chandra, Jennifer Allen, Marynel Vázquez, and Grace Kao were recognized with Graduate Mentor Awards from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

    Sreeganga Chandra, Jennifer Allen, Marynel Vázquez, and Grace Kao
  10. 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