Rising inequality is among the most pressing issues facing the United States. Yale sociologist Rourke O’Brien studies how this affects people and society and how policy interventions could narrow the gap between rich and poor.
We caught up with O’Brien...
Yale anthropologist Lisa Messeri paid close attention last fall when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared his plans to invest billions into creating the “metaverse,” an immersive, digital world that he claims is humanity’s “next frontier.”
Messeri...
President Peter Salovey announced Jan. 18 that the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs will open in the fall of 2022, and he named James A. Levinsohn, distinguished economist and educator, as inaugural dean. Levinsohn’s term begins July 1.
The school is...
Consolidating farms in low-income countries like India, where the average farm is less than three acres, would significantly boost economic growth and reduce poverty, according to a study coauthored by Yale economist Mark Rosenzweig.
The study,...
Art and other cultural heritage objects in Yale’s renowned collections tend to travel. The university’s museums and libraries frequently loan objects to one another, as well as to institutions across the country and abroad, for display in public...
President Peter Salovey recently named James Levinsohn the inaugural dean of the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, which will open in the fall of 2022.
For more than a decade, Levinsohn, a distinguished economist and educator, has served as the...
Despite broad support in the United States for reshaping policing, movements to “defund” or “abolish” police departments generate strong public opposition. The resistance is largely due to discomfort with the movements’ policy goals, not their slogans or...
Sure, Superman’s more powerful than a locomotive, but can he get a colleague to rethink a project or a roommate to stop leaving dirty dishes in the sink?
He could if he’s read “Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change,...
In 2017 and 2018, researchers evaluated a pilot program to improve early childhood development and education in two rural districts in Ghana. The results were promising, including marked gains in children’s cognitive development and nutrition. Now it is...
“A Raisin in the Sun,” the celebrated play by Lorraine Hansberry, was in tryouts at New Haven’s Shubert Theatre on Jan. 11, 1959, when the 29-year-old playwright shared her thoughts with the producing team about the previous night’s performance. In a two-...