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May 8, 2017
Five- and 6-year-olds won’t pay a cost to deal with a do-gooder but — after thinking about it for a bit — are willing to turn down a better deal from a wrongdoer, according...
May 5, 2017
In “Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya,” Chinchilla Mazariegos uses sources from across Mesoamerica to fill gaps between written sources and ancient Maya artworks.
May 5, 2017
How we eat is both ubiquitous and semi-invisible — it is everywhere around us, but we usually don’t think about it as a social marker. Food, however, lets us see who we are...
May 4, 2017
Enrique M. De La Cruz, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, will serve as Branford’s next head of college for a five-year term, effective July 1, President...
May 3, 2017
The six winners of the university’s top prizes recognizing undergraduate teaching excellence — Jacqueline Goldsby, Andrew Johnston, Gilbert Joseph, Nikhil Padmanabhan,...
May 3, 2017
Yale deans Kyle Vanderlick and Lynn Cooley, faculty member Dr. Arthur Horwich, alumnus Jonathan Ayres, and outstanding undergraduates were honored at the 103rd annual meeting...
May 3, 2017
When democracies fail, they often do so gradually at the hands of elected leaders who enjoy robust support from voters, according to Milan Svolik, associate professor of...