News

March 11, 2020
Brooke Russell is all about big ideas. Since successfully defending her graduate thesis in December — and becoming the first African-American woman to earn a Yale Ph.D. in...
March 5, 2020
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has named a trio of Yale astronomers among its inaugural class of fellows. Sarbani Basu, professor and chair of the Department of...
February 10, 2020
Yale University said Feb. 10 that its Department of Geology & Geophysics will change its name to the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences to better reflect the...
February 4, 2020
Ambre Dromgoole and Davis Butner are hitting their scholarly stride in the sweet spot between art and science. Their projects are quite different from each other. Dromgoole...
November 26, 2019
Yale astronomers have taken a new, close-up image of the interstellar comet 2l/Borisov. 2l/Borisov, first spotted this summer, continues to draw nearer to Earth and will...
November 20, 2019
Yale will undertake a top-to-bottom renovation of Kline Tower, a major project expected to further enrich the intellectual makeup of Science Hill, university leaders said...
October 30, 2019
The Yale Science Building has officially emerged from its crane-topped chrysalis, ready and primed for scientists eager to wrestle with the key questions facing life on...