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Congratulations to 2009 Yale World Fellow María Corina Machado, who has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize.
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. #NobelPrize
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Yale will rename Calhoun College for Grace Murray Hopper ’30 M.A., ’34 Ph.D.
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Congratulations @nathanwchen ‘22!!!
Nathan Chen is now the first U.S. man to win back-to-back world titles since Scott Hamilton bit.ly/2Jy5GkN
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Angela Bassett ’80 B.A., ’83 M.F.A. receives Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts #Yale2018 @ImAngelaBassett
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John R. Lewis receives Honorary Doctor of Laws #Yale2017 @repjohnlewis
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New Yale research challenges long-held assumptions about the timing and irreversible nature of the cessation of some brain functions after death. bit.ly/2VPQpNX
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For the latest Yale University guidance and messages related to coronavirus, please visit: yale.edu/covid19 #COVID19 #Yale
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Replying to @skaijackson
Thank you for notifying us. While we cannot respond to every comment, the appropriate university offices are addressing this. Yale's leadership recognizes the pain caused by racism and is committed to fostering an equitable environment.
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Strive Masiyiwa receives Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters #Yale2019
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The Yale community mourns the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died yesterday at the age of 87. Ginsburg received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Yale in 2003 (shown here with fellow honoree Dr. Anthony Fauci).
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Navy SEAL & 52-year-old Yale first-year student James Hatch reflects on “My semester with the snowflakes” bit.ly/2PQrFog
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The Bulldogs are the Ivy League champs after defeating Harvard 24-3 at the Yale Bowl! #TheGame @Yale_Football
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Moments of today’s blizzard captured by @YaleArch student Kevin Wong ’23
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A new Yale study shows for the first time that immune-system T cells are present in the brain, sent by the gut to a region that regulates hunger and thirst — a finding about T-cell physiology “that changes everything,” says one researcher: bit.ly/4mB9O1Q #Yale
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A 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Yale Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics Michel Devoret “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.” Learn more: bit.ly/4o85UO7 #Yale #NobelPrize
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Spring is here, and campus is in bloom! 🌸
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Old Campus. Fresh snow. ❄️ #Yale #NewHaven
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A 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to Yale Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics Michel Devoret. Congratulations! #Yale
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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TUES 5pm: Parkland shooting survivors & gun reform activists @sofiewhitney & @Ryan_Deitsch bit.ly/2K91sMD @AMarch4OurLives #YalePoynter
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2018 recap: The four seasons at Yale
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Snapshots of the season. 🍂 🍁 #Yale
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Winter’s first snow is here! ⁣ ⁣ 📷: Nune Garipian ’20 #yale
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“Yale’s admissions practices help us realize our mission to improve the world today & for future generations....Yale will not waver in its commitment to educating a student body whose diversity is a mark of its excellence.” Read Pres. Salovey's statement: bit.ly/3azBMXv
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Spring is in bloom!
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Campus is coated in a glittering layer of ice. Stay warm!
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The largest snowfall this winter began last night with a glittery dusting #Yale
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Out of this world! 🚀 Nathan Chen, Olympic men’s singles #FigureSkating champion. 🥇 #Beijing2022
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Even on rainy days, the campus is beautiful!
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Regarding the deeply offensive TikTok video: This individual never applied to Yale and was never an incoming member of the Class of 2024. He has no connection to Yale University.
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Campus in winter. 📸 ❄️ #Yale
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Appreciating these autumn moments on campus. #Yale 📷: Daniel Havlat ’25
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Congrats to @KOlusola '11 @PTXofficial on winning a Grammy #YaleAlumni
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A great day for Connecticut. Congratulations, @UConn Huskies!
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"If any group were ever prepared to rise to the occasion, it is you, the Class of 2018." — @HillaryClinton ’73 J.D., ’99 LL.D. #Yale2018 #YaleAlumni
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For Yale’s ghoulish gargoyles, it’s always spooky season ⁣ ⁣ 📷: Michael Marsland⁣ #yale
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Congratulations, Yale College Class of 2021! Share your photos with #Yale2021 🎓
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Wishing you a happy New Year and all the best in 2021!
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Watch LIVE: Yale College Class Day, including speaker Hillary Clinton ’73 J.D., ’99 LL.D. #Yale2018 #YaleAlumni piped.video/watch?v=su2FzGqO…
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A recent Yale study is among the first to show a causal link between lingering COVID-19 symptoms and the chronic triggering of a harmful immune response, a finding that could help lead to better diagnostics and treatments. @YaleMed #Yale medicine.yale.edu/news-artic…
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In the last few weeks, Yale Ph.D. student Matt Amodio has become among the most successful @Jeopardy champions of all time. In an interview, he discusses his journey from lifelong “Jeopardy!” fan to Hall of Fame champion. seas.yale.edu/news-events/ne…
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Congratulations to the Yale Class of 2020! 🐶🎓⁣ ⁣ #BoolaBoola #yale #Yale2020
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Happy New Year!
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Welcome, Handsome Dan XIX! Read more about @HandsomeDanYale & his human companion at news.yale.edu/hdxix #Yale #ThisIsYale #BoolaBoola #HandsomeDan
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When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When it gives you 15 inches of snow on the first day of classes, what else can you do but have a snowball fight?⁣ ⁣ 📷: Sydney Holmes ’21 #yale
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Autumn has arrived! 🍂 📷: Jack Devlin '21
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Sure is beautiful, isn’t it? ❄️ #Yale
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Nasal approach to #COVID vaccination gains traction @YaleMed @VirusesImmunity medicine.yale.edu/news-artic…
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Wishing you a happy New Year and all the best in 2020!
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In return to Yale, Olympic champion Nathan Chen looks forward to extracurricular activities, making friends, and learning. sports.yahoo.com/return-yale…
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Wishing you a happy New Year and all the best in 2022! #yale
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Yale scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients’ own stem cells bit.ly/3umTtmo
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Stevie Wonder receives Honorary Doctor of Music #Yale2017
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Congratulations to Louise Glück, Yale adjunct professor of English & Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence, on winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for her “unmistakable poetic voice, that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” bit.ly/3jV1TMp
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Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing all in the Yale community a safe and restful holiday. 📸: Klaus Wagensonner
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Nature provided a change of scenery with a layer of powdered sugar⁣ ⁣ 📷: Sydney Holmes ’21 #Yale
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RIP Aretha Franklin. Yale recognized her with an honorary Doctor of Music degree in 2010: “We know royalty when we see it, and you are, without question, the Queen of Soul.”
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President-elect Joe Biden has named three public health experts with close Yale ties to lead a new COVID-19 advisory board, including Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, an authority on the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on communities of color. bit.ly/3eFlvlM
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Endings and new beginnings. The first day of fall is here. 🍁 #Yale
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Congratulations to the newly admitted Yale College Class of 2025! bit.ly/3wyUOI4 #BoolaBoola #Yale2025 #Yale
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William Nordhaus ‘63 B.A., ‘72 M.A., Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and the world’s leading economist on climate change, has been awarded the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences @NobelPrize #NobelPrize
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This evening’s sunset over Sterling Memorial Library & Cross Campus was captured by Klaus Wagensonner, a postdoc working with Sumerian literary texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection ⁣ #yale
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“This virus killed someone I loved. Now I’m helping to kill the virus.” — PhD student Nicholas Huston, part of Yale prof Anna Marie Pyle’s biochemistry team, which mapped intricate makeup of #Covid19 RNA genome after it infects a human cell bit.ly/3alevc6
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President Salovey addressed the @Yale_Football team before they depart to take on Harvard in #TheGame ❄️
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All is quiet here on campus during November recess. #Yale
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The view as autumn colors begin to arrive on campus. 🍂 #Yale 📷: David Liebowitz ’26
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Handsome Holidays!
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Friday's rain ended with a rainbow encircling the #NewHaven sky 📷1 & 2: Micah Luce, Operations at Saybrook College. 📷3 & 4: Jonny Dach ‘08 @jdach #Yale
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Congratulations to the newly admitted Yale College Class of 2022! @YaleUGA bit.ly/2IasSA2 #boolaboola #Yale2022
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Like powdered sugar on gingerbread 📷: Jack Devlin '21 (on Instagram @jackdevlinphotography)
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A cozy start to November recess. Rest up! 📷: Jack Devlin ’22 💛 🍂
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Wishing you a happy New Year and all the best in 2018!
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Celebrating the @yale_football victory! #TheGame
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Sunset over the Branford College courtyard
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Kahlil Greene ’21 elected first Black student body president at Yale bit.ly/2QBRszt via @Blavity #YaleBlackAlumni #Yale2021
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Handsome Dan “barking” orders @YaleSwimDive team's practice #BoolaBoola
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Deepest gratitude to the student photographers who capture the beauty of Yale's campus! Take one final look back at four seasons in 2019.
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And the Bulldogs win The Game! 🏈 Yale 34, Harvard 29 | Final Score #ThisIsYale #TheGame #Yale #YaleHarvard #HarvardYale #Team151
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Happy New Year! #Yale
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Welcome back, Yalies — especially Class of #Yale2023! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Spring term starts Monday & the university is building upon what we learned in the fall. This semester will bring new challenges — & new reasons for optimism.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Wherever you are, we're in it together.⁣⁣
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A fresh blanket of snow transforms campus into a winter wonderland. #Yale ❄️
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During spring break in March, World Champion figure skater and Yale first-year student Nathan Chen ’22 will head to Japan to defend his title bit.ly/2DY7Rtk via @USATODAY #boolaboola
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🏀 🏆🙌 @Yale_Basketball defeats Harvard 97 - 85. #MarchMadness, here we come! #BoolaBoola #IvyMadness
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If you love snow, seize the moment! It may be gone by tomorrow.
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Yes! @Yale_Basketball wins 79 - 75 & heads to the second round! #NCAA #MarchMadness
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A few signs of spring — at #Yale.
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“Yale has lost a loyal friend,” said President Peter Salovey. “Throughout his lifetime, President Bush exemplified the values of service and leadership we seek to foster at Yale." bit.ly/2AEoS90
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Lightning strike behind Pauli Murray & Benjamin Franklin colleges. Heavy rain, thunder & lightning are rolling through New Haven.
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Thank you to the members of Yale Facilities staff who are keeping the walkways cleared!⁣ ⁣ 📷: Sydney Holmes ’21 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣#yale⁣ ⁣
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Spring term classes begin Monday. Welcome back, Bulldogs! #Yale
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March has come in like a lion ❄️❄️❄️
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Big news – the revitalized @YalePeabody Museum reopens March 26! 🦖 The beloved museum has been reimagined for the 21st century with bright new galleries, expanded classroom space, and compelling exhibits accessible to all. Learn more in Yale News: bit.ly/4cdyhFi #Yale
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