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Messeri was awarded the honorable mention for this year’s Ludwik Fleck Prize in Science and Technology Studies for her book "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles."
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A research team led by Anthony Koleske, Ensign Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, has identified how variations in a gene called TRIO can influence brain functions and result in distinct neurodevelopmental diseases – paving the way for future therapeutic developments.
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Adam Meirowitz, and Damon Wells Professor of Political Science, organized the conference with Ian Turner, assistant professor of political science, and Danil Dmitriev, a resident postdoctoral associate, as part of ISPS’s Democratic Innovations program.
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At a recent pop-up exhibit, Yale College students displayed Martian artifacts they created as part of a world-building exercise for an anthropology class focused on outer space.
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Binary star systems may offer a novel view of planet formation across the universe, a Yale research team says.
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Ken Scheve will step down from his role as FAS Dean of Social Science at the end of this academic year to become Dean of the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame. Alan Gerber will serve as Acting FAS Dean of Social Science through the Fall 2025 semester.
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This month, psychologist Laurie Santos debuted a new online course aimed at helping parents promote their own well-being in an age of increasing parental anxiety and stress.
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Effective July 1, Ben Glaser—associate professor of English, specializing in the study of poetry and poetics—will assume the joint appointment of director of AI initiatives in the humanities.
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A Yale-led study sheds light on how coral reefs became biodiversity hotspots.
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For centuries people have turned to feathers as the stuff of — and the subject of — various art forms. In a Q&A, two FAS scholars discuss the cultural value of feathers and why it transcends time and space.