While you were away: The summer's top stories
For those who left campus after Commencement, here’s a look at some of the headlines from this summer.
CAMPUS
Mellon Foundation grant ‘reimagines’ humanities at Yale and beyond
Yale and unions reach agreement on four-year contracts
The Warrior-Scholar Project: Easing the move from combat to college
Natural history collections leap into the digital age
Yale Law School introduces nation’s first Ph.D. in Law
Q&A: Libraries turn new page into digital age
APPOINTMENTS
Yale Corporation welcomes two new members
Sharon Kugler is reappointed as University chaplain
Kathryn Lofton named the Sarai Ribicoff Associate Professor
Computer scientist Daniel Spielman named inaugural Simons Investigator
Chemistry’s newest endowed chair honors pioneering Yale scientist John Gamble Kirkwood
INTERNATIONAL
Alumni rowers win gold, silver, and bronze medals at Olympics
Bulldogs continuing educational efforts via ELI Africa
Global Health Corps Fellows find inspiration and camaraderie at Yale
Yale honors Ethiopian minister of health at global conference
HONORS & AWARDS
Horwich shares $1 million life science prize
Architecture dean Stern to chair international jury for Venice Biennale
Recent graduate touted as ‘All-Star Student Entrepreneur’
SCIENCE & HEALTH RESEARCH
Even after Lyme disease is gone, its remains may perpetuate inflammation
Yale researchers identify ‘missing-link snake’
Neurons that control overeating also drive appetite for cocaine
Proximity of new planets stuns even astronomers
Flashy wings can catch a female butterfly’s fancy
Yale team discovers how stress and depression can shrink the brain
Natural birth — but not C-section — triggers brain boosting proteins
A flash of light changes cell activity — and understanding of disease
Diseased trees are source of climate-changing gas
IN MEMORIAM
George deForest Lord, professor of English literature and former Trumbull College master
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