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Photo of Amy Hungerford
April 10, 2019
Dear colleagues,   I am delighted to announce that Amy Hungerford, the Bird White Housum Professor of English and Professor of American Studies, has been reappointed to a...
Picture showcasing a classroom where two people sit in front of the audience and a third individual is behind a podium.
April 10, 2019
A symposium on biography at the Beinecke Library on March 29 featured conversations with David W. Blight, Langdon Hammer, Adina Hoffman, and others. 
Illutration showing the cthulhu, which seemed to have a central, semispherical body with tentacles or legs coming out of it from all angles.
April 9, 2019
Named for the Great Old One, a newly discovered fossil bears a striking (and hopefully superficial) resemblance to H.P. Lovecraft’s ancient cosmic horror.
Portrait of Jane Tylus. In front of a river or a lake, smiling. This is an old photograph in sepia.
April 5, 2019
Newly named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian, Jane Tylus is an expert on medieval and early modern literature — and on the art of taking leave.
Formal portrait of Sarah Bush, smiling and with a black background.
April 5, 2019
In the wake of Russian hacking and trolling, Yale’s Sarah Bush is examining how America’s voter confidence squares up with nations like Georgia and Tunisia.
Colorful representation of a Geobacter sprouting nanowires from its body.
April 4, 2019
Geobacter bacteria “breathe” with unique protein filaments called “nanowires.” New research offers fresh insight on what they are made of and how they work.
Landscape of the moon's surface with a view of Earth in the distant skies.
April 3, 2019
In collaboration with sculptor Antony Gormly and Acute Art, Yale’s Priyamvada Natarajan has created “Lunatick,” a virtual reality simulation of a moon walk.