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In a new video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Professor in the Practice Sarah Stillman discusses the challenges and joys of teaching investigative journalism.
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Christian Schlieker, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, is featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Dystonia Dialogue, the publication of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF).
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Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, has been awarded the 39th Joan B. Cendrós International Prize for his lifetime contributions to the study of Catalonia's medieval history and the international impact of his work.
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Fischel, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was shortlisted for his most recent book, "Sodomy's Solicitations A Right to Queerness."
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What would happen if AI becomes capable of performing essentially all economically valuable work? In a wide-ranging Q&A, Pascual Restrepo, Associate Professor of Economics, dives into how economists view the future of labor markets.
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“Tax systems tell us where market power resides, which incomes matter, and how public wealth can be built,” said Jacob Hacker, APEX director and Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale. “We should judge such policies by whether they build democratic capacity and endure."
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In a new Comment in Nature Physics, Assistant Professor of Physics Chiara Mingarelli dives into the Nobel Prize nomination archives to understand how scientific recognition really works. The piece was inspired in part by the excitement of seeing our own colleague Michel Devoret recognized as a 2025 Nobel Laureate.
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In an hourlong conversation, David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, discusses historians, the practice of history, and cultural institutions with Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation.
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Yale's Zack Cooper—Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Economics, and Associate Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies—heads the new Health Care Affordability Lab, launched in March 2026 to leverage academic research to help cut health-care costs.
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The new telescope, co-created by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and now under construction in Chile, may help astronomers observe the “web” of dark matter and gas connecting galaxies.