In 1923, as the Yale Peabody Museum was under construction on the corner of Sachem Street and Whitney Avenue, a time capsule was embedded beneath the southeast corner. This spring — 99 years later — amid the museum’s latest transformation, construction...
A new study by researchers at Yale, Stanford, and Dartmouth provides the first nationwide, small-area analysis of the variation in spending by the three main funders of health care in the United States: Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers. The...
The United States and other wealthy democracies during the past century have rarely responded to rising economic inequality by enacting more progressive tax policies, according to a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Kenneth Scheve.
The...
Judith Ann Schiff, a longtime archivist at the Yale University Library who loved helping others gain a deeper understanding of Yale’s and New Haven’s histories, died on July 11. She was 84.
Over the course of a Yale career spanning more than 60 years,...
In the wake of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s July 7 announcement that he would resign his office under pressure from his party and cabinet, Yale News spoke with Rory Stewart, a former U.K. secretary of state for international development and...
The Circus Maximus, the stadium where Romans gathered by the tens of thousands to watch chariot races and other spectacles, had lap counters shaped like dolphins. Those dolphins are visible on the sestertius of Trajan, an ancient coin celebrating the...
A new study by Yale ichthyologists provides a clearer picture of species diversity among black basses — one of the most cherished and economically important lineages of freshwater gamefish. Their findings can help guide the conservation and management of...
Alison Gilchrest, director of Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH), has been awarded the Forbes Medal by the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) in recognition of her distinguished contributions to the field of cultural...
Canvassing campaigns aimed at increasing women’s political participation in developing countries with patriarchal gender norms are more likely to succeed when they target men as well as women, according to a new study co-authored by Yale political...
Women of color appointed to the federal judiciary typically have a greater depth of professional experiences and are more likely to have previously served as a judge than their white male counterparts, according to a new study coauthored by Yale political...