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National Geographic goes big on dinosaurs — and big on Yale paleontology

October 2, 2020
The latest cover of National Geographic magazine features a Yale discovery that stretches back … oh, about 115 million years.  Deinonychus, a Cretaceous Period raptor that...

Congratulations to Juan Lora for being the recipient of the Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences from the AGU.

September 30, 2020
The Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences is presented annually and recognizes significant early-career contributions to planetary science from honorees...

Congratulations to Sarah Arveson for receiving the SEDI (Study of Earth's Deep Interior) Section Award for Graduate Research.

September 30, 2020
The Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) Section Award for Graduate Research is presented annually to one or two graduate student honorees. Students are honored for...

Insights & Outcomes: Schoelkopf on quantum council and a dopamine discovery

September 28, 2020
This month, Insights & Outcomes dives into some new dopamine research, looks at how to build a better flu vaccine, and celebrates Yale’s inclusion on a committee advising...

Mary-Louise Timmermans appointed the Damon Wells Professor

August 28, 2020
Mary-Louise Timmermans, newly named as the Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, studies the dynamics and variability of...

Biosignatures may reveal a wealth of new data locked inside old fossils

July 13, 2020
Step aside, skeletons — a new world of biochemical “signatures” found in all kinds of ancient fossils is revealing itself to paleontologists, providing a new avenue for...

Ulla Heede has been awarded the NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship.

June 30, 2020
Ulla’s project title was  “Mechanisms of Changes in the Tropical Pacific Mean State and Walker Circulation in Response to Global Warming: Satellite-Based Observations Versus...