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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).
“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:
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.
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.
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
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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
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.”
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.
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.”
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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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 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
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.
“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."
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 via
@USATODAY
#boolaboola
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:
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“Almost 50% of people of color know someone who has died from COVID-19. We cannot get this pandemic under control if we do not address head-on the issues of inequity in our country. There is no other way.”
— Yale prof & White House advisor Marcella Nunez-Smith
#CrushCOVID
Yale extends hearty congratulations to Nobel Prize laureate Jennifer Doudna! She was a professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from 1994-2002, and received an honorary Doctor of Science in 2016.
Congratulations to our newest
#NobelPrize
laureate Jennifer Doudna.
From this picture we can imagine that she was happy to find out she had been awarded this year’s Chemistry Prize!
#NobelPrize
winner William Nordhaus was greeted with cheers from his “Intermediate Macroeconomics” students today. Nordhaus postponed his Nobel press conference because he didn't want to cancel class.