EVENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
PRANAVA DHAR
Spielman awarded $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

The Sterling Professor of Computer Science will be recognized by the “Oscars of Science” for his pioneering research in algorithms and mathematics.

October 6, 2022

VALENTINA SIMON & MEGHANA CHAMARTY
Yale-Stanford collab develops novel synthetic tRNA engineering approach

Researchers at the two schools expanded genetic code through insertion of selenocysteine amino acids into tRNAs in a new targeted approach.

October 4, 2022

MARIA KOROLIK
Yale observatory hosts viewing of brightest Jupiter in six decades

The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium opened its doors to the public to watch Jupiter at its brightest point in the past 59 years.

October 2, 2022

HANWEN ZHANG
Yale professor wins Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science

Professor Juan Lora wins the Harold C. Urey Prize for research in Earth’s hydrological cycles and Titan’s atmosphere.

October 2, 2022

AKASH CHAKKA & VALENTINA SIMON
Yale physics professor named Deputy Director and Chief Research Officer of Fermilab

Professor Bonnie Fleming of the Yale physics department leaving university to become chief research officer and deputy director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

September 22, 2022

MARIA KOROLIK & MEGHANA CHAMARTY
Fernandez de la Mora receives Fuchs Memorial Award for aerosol research

Electrospray — a burgeoning area of study in aerosol sciences — could be used for aerospace propulsion, ionizing particles for further research and a wide […]

September 21, 2022

ARSHNOOR KAUR
Students discuss initiatives to improve accessibility of research at Yale

Students and professors reflect on the ability to get involved in research as an undergraduate at Yale College, and the resources available for students to do so.

September 13, 2022

ABE BAKER-BUTLER
Surgeon General Murthy visits Yale to talk youth mental health

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy SOM, MED ’03 spoke to three Yale graduate schools and an undergraduate health economics class to address current public health issues, with a special emphasis on the youth mental health crisis.

September 11, 2022

MANAS SHARMA
STARS Program at Yale receives donation for expansion

Associate Dean of Science Education Sandy Chang and Yale College’s Development Office secured funding to expand the STARS program for FGLI students researching STEM.

September 9, 2022

HIMANI PATTISAM
New orientation program, BUILD, debuts at Camp Yale

BUILD, a pilot orientation program in collaboration between the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, launched this fall as part of Camp Yale, Yale College’s newly reimagined orientation program.

September 5, 2022

KAYLA YUP & BRIAN ZHANG
Yale’s Horse Island through an artist’s lens

Suzanna Zak ART ’19 escaped to Yale’s remote Horse Island for a week of creating art, alone and immersed among nature.

September 2, 2022