Back in high school, you probably learned about “the plague,” the rare bacterial infection that killed tens of millions of people during what became known as the “Black Death,” a devastating pandemic ...

When humans write sentences or solve math problems, they are thinking symbolically — each number, variable, or word is expressed by a symbol. While AI chatbots do not “think” that way, if prompted, ...

In March 2020, as COVID-19 began to disrupt life in communities across the world, Yale epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina was working at the University of Texas. As the dimensions of the public health ...

Here you’ll find news and features about Commencement 2026 from around the Yale campus, including preview and event coverage, student stories, and related links. This page will be updated throughout ...

Wilfred M. Voynich, a rare-book dealer based in London, purchased a cache of medieval manuscripts from the Jesuit order in 1912. The transaction was conducted in secret. Its details remain unclear.

The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Here’s a look at the man who founded the School of Medicine department that eventually became YSPH. In 1915 when ...

Since it was first composed by Homer nearly 3,000 years ago, “The Odyssey” has been reimagined countless times. From Greek drama to contemporary poetry, from Stanley Kubrick to the Coen brothers, the ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

On April 19, 1775, British redcoats clashed with colonial militias and minutemen in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord, the first military conflict of the American Revolution. Two days ...

Growth in health care spending in the United States is driving increases in health insurance premiums, limiting people’s access to care and contributing to wage reductions, job losses, and rising ...

This story is the fourth in a series about Yale’s evolution under President Peter Salovey as he prepares to return to the faculty at the end of this month. One recent afternoon, physicist Larry ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic first swept the world in 2020, the chronic condition known as long COVID has baffled the medical community. In the years since, scientists have tried to determine why a ...