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  1. Kaplan, Sterling Professor of French, was recognized for her "eminent contribution to the maintenance and illustration of the French language."

    Alice Kaplan
  2. The acclaimed Taiwanese poet Wen-tao Cheng, who was also known by his pen name Zheng Chou-yu, taught at Yale for more than three decades.

    Wen Tao Cheng
  3. The University of Athens medical school bestowed an honorary degree on the former Yale president in recognition of his work as a social psychologist and his “exceptional” administrative leadership.

    NKUA Rector Professor Gerasimos Siasos, left, former Yale President Peter Salovey, and Professor Pagona Lagiou, dean of the NKUA School of Health Sciences, wear ceremonial regalia during the June 15 ceremony in Athens, Greece.
  4. Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates remarkable Americans — all naturalized citizens — who have enriched and strengthened our democracy through their actions and contributions.

    Priyamvada Natarajan and Akiko Iwasaki
  5. In a new study, Yale researchers introduce a new model of human attention that explains how the mind evaluates task-relevant factors in a dynamic setting — and apportions, on-the-fly, computational capacity accordingly.

    People stand in front of a street as a bus passes. Image credit: Adobe Stock
  6. Olha Tytarenko, who last year introduced an on-campus Ukrainian language course for Yale students, is now adding more courses and programs that she says will broaden students’ understanding of the country.

    Collage of Ukranian art, including the cover of a book of poetry by Marianna Kiyanovska, "The Voices of the Babyn War."
  7. Albert Laguna, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, speaks to Connecticut Public about his upcoming class, "Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics."

    Albert Laguna
  8. Harper, who began his academic career at Yale, had a long career as an important figure in East Asian Studies.

    Thomas Harper
  9. The CORE Score provides a county-level nationwide sense of how Americans experience economic security and opportunity, health, and political efficacy. Its website and infrastructure are moving to Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies.

    A map of the U.S. drawn from the CORE Score tool, which measures Americans' sense of economic security and opportunity, health, and political efficacy.
  10. A new study co-authored by Yale's Samuel Church, Casey Dunn, Jenn Coughlan, and other scientists sheds light on the biodiversity of the highly poisonous Portuguese Man O’ War—and may help protect beachgoers and surfers.