Nobel laureate Michael Woodford ’80 J.D. reflects on how the intellectual freedom that pervaded Yale Law School set him on a path to becoming one of the world’s leading economists.

Stacy Malaker isn’t married to her work, but she did discourage her graduate students from texting any interesting tidbits about the lab during her honeymoon over the summer. “I saw one message, and I ...

Smith, a national leader in public health, received the forum’s Elga R. Wasserman Courage, Clarity, and Leadership Award this week.

Back in high school, you probably learned about “the plague,” the rare bacterial infection that killed tens of millions of people during what became known as the “Black Death,” a devastating pandemic ...

During her first year as a Yale student, author Leigh Bardugo ’97 was walking home from the post office when she stumbled upon a mysterious, marble building across the street from Grove Street ...

When humans write sentences or solve math problems, they are thinking symbolically — each number, variable, or word is expressed by a symbol. While AI chatbots do not “think” that way, if prompted, ...

In March 2020, as COVID-19 began to disrupt life in communities across the world, Yale epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina was working at the University of Texas. As the dimensions of the public health ...

It may be time for the animal kingdom to reset its clock. According to a new study by an international group of researchers, including a renowned Yale paleontologist, the beginning of animal life on ...

Data-intensive social science is a key academic priority at Yale, with an emphasis on the application of empirical methods and data to public policy issues and matters of social concern. In the ...

Three hundred and twenty-five years ago, in early October of 1701, Connecticut’s governor and representatives assembled in general court in New Haven to pass “An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate ...