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  1. A new study co-authored by Emma Zang, Associate Professor of Sociology, shows that across racial groups and the sexes, older Americans have sharply different patterns of marriage and living circumstances later in life.

    Illustration related to government benefits, likely Social Security or a similar retirement program.
  2. Edwards, who joined the Yale faculty in 2022, has done field-leading work at the intersections of African American literature, politics, and gender critique.

    Erica Edwards
  3. Janet Currie, a renowned economist and pioneer in the economic analysis of child development, joined the Yale faculty in 2025

    Janet Currie
  4. Wendy Berry Mendes, whose research has transformed how we understand the effects of stress on cognition, social processes, and physiology, joined the Yale faculty in 2023.

    Wendy Berry Mendes
  5. Nicholas Turk-Browne, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist whose research focuses on human learning and memory, is also director of Yale’s Wu Tsai Institute.

    Nick Turk-Browne
  6. Navin Kartik, Professor of Economics, and coauthors explore why admissions committees sometimes choose not to see test scores, offering a theory of how social pressure shapes university decisions.

    multiple-choice answer sheet being filled in with a pencil.
  7. A new study co-authored by Janet Currie, David Swensen Professor of Economics, finds that adolescents with anxiety or depression fare better when doctors follow FDA approvals or professional treatment guidelines rather than freelancing off-label treatments.

    Janet Currie
  8. Floridi was recognized for his scholarly contributions to the philosophy of technology, digital society, and artificial intelligence.

    Luciano Floridi
  9. The new grants will build upon existing ISPS support for research that advances survey methodology, research exploring democratic innovations, as well as conferences addressing important social and public policy issues

  10. For a project in Bangladesh, Prof. Mushfiq Mobarak—Jerome Kasoff ’54 Professor of Management and Economics—and his team used machine-learning models applied to mobile phone records to identify the poorest households—faster and at far lower cost than traditional surveys.

    Mushfiq Mobarak