Gregory Huber, ISPS interim director and Forst Family Professor of Political Science, presented data in which he and his co-authors undercut a dominant narrative that mass polarization is primarily driven by wildly exaggerated misperceptions of the other side.

Rourke O’Brien, Associate Professor of Sociology, showed that expanding voting rights in 1975 improved material conditions for everyone and immediately reduced mortality for non-white groups. The findings were published in a recent co-authored working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research Institution for Social and Policy Studies.

Valdivieso, Assistant Professor of Classics, was selected as one of 63 scholars "poised to make original and significant contributions to their field."

Lakhous, a multilingual writer and author of six novels, received the Jesse Howard, Jr. Rome Prize in recognition of his work in modern Italian Studies.

Ned Blackhawk, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History, joined a panel of other Native historians to discuss what “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” meant for Indigenous communities.

The Emerson Award, awarded annually, recognizes “a book of scholarly studies that contributes significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.”

The new members, who have made key contributions in a range of fields, join previously elected fellows in helping to “advance the common good” across the arts, democracy, education, global affairs, and science.

Two faculty members received Yale College’s oldest teaching award during a ceremony last week, while the longest serving college dean was honored for her support of teaching and learning.

Eric Slessarev, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is the first author of a new study showing that deep-rooted grasses store significantly more carbon than crops with shallow roots, providing important climate benefits.

For a new book, Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, explores 250 years of American history by traveling to 300 historical sites in 19 states across the U.S.