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In a Q&A, Marta Sanvido, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, describes the impact a trip to Japan had on her studies, the “secret documents” of her most recent research, and searching for the perfect cup of coffee in New Haven.
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Yale-led research introduces a new framework to show how protectionist policies ripple through global markets, reducing U.S. deficits but eroding real consumption.
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A new study led by Damanveer Singh Grewal, an assistant professor of Earth and planetary science in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, suggests that planetesimals in the early solar system emerged from a succession of high-energy collisions.
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Junliang Shen, Associate Professor of Mathematics, received a 2024–25 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize from the FAS for his innovative use of algebraic geometry to solve questions in topology, geometry, and mathematical physics.
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Newly announced state funding for quantum-related infrastructure comes as public and private entities coalesce around building a quantum tech economy in Connecticut.
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Samuel McDougle, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was awarded a 2024–25 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize from the FAS for his groundbreaking work to understand how cognition interacts with the body’s movements.
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A new study led by Candie Paulsen, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, has uncovered the hidden mechanical move that may regulate pain signaling in the human body — and why it sometimes goes awry.
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The Eastman Professorship was established in 1929 by George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company. Eastman created a chair at Oxford University to be filled on a visiting basis by senior American Scholars of the highest distinction, who remain on the faculty at Oxford for one year.
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Rubio, Director of the Yale Center for Language Study, was awarded the Wilga Rivers Award by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
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Crowd-sourced fact-checking of potentially misleading information is an effective tool to combat online misinformation, according to a new study led by Johan Ugander, Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science.