Nobel laureate Michael Woodford ’80 J.D. reflects on how the intellectual freedom that pervaded Yale Law School set him on a path to becoming one of the world’s leading economists.

Smith, a national leader in public health, received the forum’s Elga R. Wasserman Courage, Clarity, and Leadership Award this week.

During her first year as a Yale student, author Leigh Bardugo ’97 was walking home from the post office when she stumbled upon a mysterious, marble building across the street from Grove Street ...

Yale commemorated its 325 years on Oct. 9 with events that highlighted history and celebrated community. By mid-afternoon, the lawn at Cross Campus filled with faculty and staff, students and their ...

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 ...

For two decades, Yale anthropologist Richard Bribiescas, a leading expert on human evolutionary biology, has collaborated with scholars at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland — the country’s ...

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 ...

Machu Picchu, the famous 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is up to several decades older than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale archaeologist Richard Burger. Burger and ...

Financial markets are rewarding companies that are well positioned to benefit from widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) with higher returns, according to a new Yale-led analysis of 380 ...

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 ...

During its 325th graduation ceremony on Monday, Yale University awarded honorary degrees to eight individuals whose achievements in their fields have benefited the common good. This year’s honorary ...

Yale University and the Government of Peru reached a historic accord in November 2010 for the return to Peru of the archaeological materials excavated by Hiram Bingham III at Machu Picchu nearly a ...