In a semester-long lecture series open to the public next fall, Pericles Lewis, Dean of Yale College and Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature, will examine the many objectives of a college education.

Courses across many Yale departments and schools, including the FAS, are deepening conversations about climate, humans, and the natural world.

In an English and Black Studies course taught by Jonathan Howard, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and of English, students seek new ways to understand humanity’s relation to nature.

Ruth Son, a Preceptor for the Department of Chemistry, explains that “Chemistry is literally all around us, whether you are cooking, checking the weather, or at an art gallery.”

Hélène Landemore, Damon Wells '58 Professor of Political Science, writes about her latest research on citizens assemblies and democracy for the New York Times.

Sun-Joo Shin, Professor of Philosophy, spoke to Digital Watch about student use of AI and how she's reimagining coursework to encourage original thinking and discussion in class.

A new Yale study of flatworms, a species with the unique ability to “regenerate,” reveals that disruptions in the body’s internal “map” of cellular organization may play a part in age-related decline. The study was led by a PhD student, Andrew Verdesca, in the lab of Josien van Wolfswinkel, Associate Professor in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology.

In a Q&A, Yuejie Chi, Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Statistics and Data Science, discusses her ongoing research into making AI more efficient.

In a Q&A, violinist Maiani da Silva explains how including anthropological themes in her debut solo album helped her “dig deeper” into questions of the human condition.

David Vasseur, a Yale professor who addresses foundational questions in ecology and evolutionary biology, has been appointed the next head of Saybrook College.