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.
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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
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.
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).
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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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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“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
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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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#Yalemedicine.yale.edu/news-artic…
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.
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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
In return to Yale, Olympic champion Nathan Chen looks forward to extracurricular activities, making friends, and learning.
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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.”
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A quick & affordable saliva #COVID19 test called #SalivaDirect — developed by Yale scientists & used by the NBA — has received FDA emergency use authorization
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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.”
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
Endings and new beginnings. The first day of fall is here. 🍁 #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
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
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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
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All is quiet here on campus during November recess. #Yale
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Nathan Chen ’24 talks about the rigors of studying at Yale, training for the 2022 Winter Olympics, his path to figure skating, & his inspirations.
news.yale.edu/2021/10/25/kee…
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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.
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 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
Spring term classes begin Monday. Welcome back, Bulldogs! #Yale
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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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