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Warmer temps, heavier owl monkeys: Climate linked to weight gain in primates

Azara’s owl monkeys, a small primate species found in South America, are heavier today than those that lived a quarter-century ago, and evidence suggests that rising temperatures might have driven the ...
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Yale College 2026: Meet some of the graduates

Here, Yale News spotlights a few of the exceptional members of the Yale College Class of 2026, a group whose accomplishments and contributions have strengthened the Yale campus and the world beyond.
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At Yale, Sidney Richardson learned all the moves, from software to salsa dancing

For every math and science accomplishment Sidney Richardson has racked up during her four years at Yale, she’s had an equally memorable experience outside of her comfort zone. Co-authoring a ...
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Connecting to community through music and dance

Zaida Rio Polanco, a singer-songwriter who put out a solo album of indie folk-inflected pop-soul songs in high school, stepped away from music-making as a first year at Yale and shifted her artistic ...
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Social Sciences

Yale College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences School of Architecture School of Art Divinity School David Geffen School of Drama School of Engineering & Applied Science School of the Environment ...
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Mapping the Ganges, mile by mile: A new showcase of a Yale architect’s decade-long journey

When Anthony Acciavatti graduated college in 2004, he set an ambitious goal for himself: map the entire Ganges River Basin. The Ganges River flows from the Himalayas across India’s northern plains and ...
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Many genes have been linked to autism – but a new study suggests it may be their path to the brain that matters

In recent years scientists have identified hundreds of different genes associated with autism, a burst of discovery that has prompted a new and perplexing question: how can so many different genes ...
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For young Cézanne scholar, a transfer to Yale served as a launchpad

An early still life by French Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne on view at the Yale University Art Gallery is small — slightly larger than a sheet of printer paper. But it merits a close look, says Yale ...
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Building a superconducting quantum circuit that follows protons on the go

Researchers at Yale, Google, and the University of California-Santa Barbara have created a device that simulates the quantum “tunneling” behavior of protons that occurs in chemistry, a process so ...
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‘True exemplars’: faculty honored for support of graduate students

Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has announced the 2026 recipients of its Graduate Mentor Awards, given to four faculty members annually in recognition of their exceptional advising ...
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Four Yalies receive 2026 Soros fellowships for ‘New Americans’

Three current Yale students and a member of the Yale College Class of 2023 are among the 30 individuals to receive 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based program that ...