The center, which will hold a conference on campus April 16-17, acts as a hub to connect scholars across disciplines and encourage collaboration and conversation.

The Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (Bouchet Society) recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate.

Inspired by an undergraduate science class, a new study co-authored by a Yale alum and Jun Korenaga, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, uses math to suggest that the spark of life on Earth happened quickly — once the conditions were right.

The AEA celebrated Andrews, Tjalling C. Koopmans Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, and his many fundamental contributions to econometric theory. The Distinguished Fellow awards honor the lifetime contributions of distinguished economists.

Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis recognized four recipients of the college’s annual teaching prizes—who span all three divisions of the FAS—during a campus reception.

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.

In an advanced Latin course taught by Kirk Freudenburg, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Classics, students spent a day baking with ancient grains.

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.”