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Sky’s the limit

Earth’s air war: Explaining the delayed rise of plants, animals on land

A new Yale study finds that a destabilized ozone layer may have delayed the rise of land animals and plants on Earth.

Jan 6, 2025

4 min read

Illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. in a cap and gown on Yale campus

MLK Jr. Day

Campus events celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 16, 2025

7 min read

Education and health

The association between school segregation and late-life dementia

Jan 14, 2025

From School of Public Health

‘The ideal leader’

Martina Droth named director of Yale Center for British Art

The museum’s chief curator will assume leadership of the largest collection of British art outside the UK as public reopening nears.

Arts & Humanities

The Whole Story

How reading can improve a child’s health

Learning how to read is essential to a child’s intellectual development. But could reading and other literacy skills, such as storytelling, also be good for a child’s physical and mental health?

Health & Medicine

See statements from Yale University about the Hamas-Israel war and an overview of the university’s policy on freedom of expression.

Climate

YSPH dean and emergency physician Megan Ranney discusses federal efforts to combat public health threats from bird flu

‘Double-edged sword’: Yale Budget Lab’s Ernie Tedeschi on the economic implications of tariffs

Gynecologic oncologist Elena Ratner discusses remission and recurrence of ovarian cancers

Infectious disease specialist Lauren Pischel on how to avoid contracting norovirus

Gallery

The Golden Hour

During the frigid first week of 2025, Yale News photographers set out to capture a series of vibrant campus sunsets.

Jan

Morse Recital Hall

Oneppo Chamber Music Series

Takács Quartet

Jan

Slifka Center

Play reading and discussion

‘The Empty Shell of War,’ by Andrei Kureichik

Jan

Various locations

Performances, activities, and more

Earth’s air war: Explaining the delayed rise of plants, animals on land

Campus events celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

The association between school segregation and late-life dementia