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Professor Theodore Kim, a former senior research scientist at Pixar and two-time Academy Award winner, discusses the Yale Computer Graphics Group’s work to counter racial bias in animation technology with President Peter Salovey.

Yale admissions officers always look forward to April, when their focus shifts from selecting students to working closely with admitted students deciding where to matriculate. Throughout the whirlwind month, admissions officers, current students, faculty, and campus partners make countless connections with newly admitted students and their families. These efforts culminate in Bulldog Days, a three...

In the very first bitesize research highlights episode of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast, podcast host Ellen brings you a summary of an exciting research article from the 2022 December Antimicrobial Resistance issue of the YJBM. In this article, Franziska Winzig and colleagues from Yale University examine the possibility of treating antimicrobial resistant achromobacter infection...

Fiction can provide the most profound, incisive truths about the absurdities of our reality. In his most recent novel, Venomous Lumpsucker, Ned Beauman, a master of finding the humor and the fantastical in even the most devastating facets of human nature, has crafted a chilling—and deeply funny—look into what our future relationship with animals might hold. Imagining a not-so-distant future world,...

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Abdul-Rehman Malik, Director of Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Yale Divinity School, discuss gathering through storytelling and family example as a place of call.

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Ivetty Estepan, Yale college alum and current Yale Law School student, discuss fearlessness and levity in hard moments.

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Elizabeth Conklin, Yale’s Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity, Accessibility, and Belonging and University Title IX Coordinator, discuss work as a call and vocation.

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler sets the table for Time for the Soul's second season, with a particular focus on vocation. Look for new episodes each Monday, starting April 10th.

A quintessential Addy Hour conversation with Dr. Thema Bryant, president of the American Psychological Association (APA), psychologist, practitioner, minister, trauma expert and author. In this reflective discussion, we explore the ways psychology continues to fill a void in society and the ongoing needs these perspectives can address. We also contemplate how psychological approaches impact societ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Yale President Peter Salovey discuss one of the driving themes of the federal administration’s economic agenda: modern supply side economics. Modern supply side economics has vast implications for American policy from climate, innovation, tax policy, and infrastructure to workforce training, housing, health, and childcare. Secretary Yellen and President Sal...

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with cultural historian and translator Sophus Helle about his new book, Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author.

Dr. Jeremiah Lockwood joins the Fellows Podcast to chat about the sounds and stars of the cantorial golden age. He also talks about keeping busy — and keeping up— with a rich and varied life as both academic and professional musician.

Join in for this generative conversation with Yu-Jay Harris, who was born and raised in Liberia, survived a civil war, and eventually immigrated to the United States as a teenager. In this episode, Yu-Jay shares the joys of his early childhood, and the power of community and faith that supported his resilience amidst war and immigration. We also delve into his multiethnic experience, as someone wh...

YDS faculty member and former Yale University chaplain Jerry Streets ’75 M.Div. discusses the results of his survey on clergy wellbeing, the importance of multi-faith ministry, and lessons learned from his long career as a pastor.

In this powerful episode, we consider personal and societal representations of Black bodies in art, academia and society. Our two guests, sociologist Dr. Daniel Swann and visual artist Dr. Imo Imeh, start with their revealing life journeys. Their stories tell a vivid picture filled with support and kindness from many people as they’ve navigated opportunities and challenges. At the same time, we he...

Dr. Ania Jastreboff, an associate professor in medicine and pediatrics (endocrinology) at Yale School of Medicine, co-director of the Yale Center for Weight Management, and medical director of the Yale Stress Center, and President Peter Salovey discuss breakthrough medical interventions for obesity and diabetes.

Grounded in themes of tribulation, redemption, and hope, ISM Fellow and theater professor Dr. Ron Jenkins joins Ariana Hones (M.Div. '23) in conversation on the transformational power of Dante's Divine Comedies inside prisons. In this episode, Dr. Jenkins discusses his course, Gospel, Rap, and Social Justice, and his use of Dante's poetry to create theater pieces with currently and formerly incarc...

On 9 February 2023, Felix Maradiaga was released from a Nicaraguan jail after serving 611 days of a 13-year sentence for the alleged crime of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity.” In this podcast, Felix, a Nicaraguan academic, political activist, former presidential candidate, and 2008 Yale World Fellow, speaks about life in prison, his release, the support of his wife, Berta, his faith, t...

In his interview with ISM M.A.R. student Madeleine Hutchins '23, ISM Fellow and religious ethicist Ryan Darr pulls no punches in talking global climate crisis: "...we're entering a mass extinction event, which would be, from what scientists have found about life on Earth, the sixth in Earth's history — and the first caused by one species in particular." Darr is a Postdoctoral Associate in Religion...

Upon seeing an adorable Koala sitting on an eucalyptus branch in Australia, few would expect the beloved marsupial to emit a booming bellow to alert potential mates or rivals of its presence. But this powerful roar is just one of koalas’ many surprises, which delight and astonish in Australian biologist Danielle Clode’s new book, "Koala: A Life in the Trees.” Clode explores the enigmatic koala’s 2...

Professor John Witt on reanimating the modern Torts curriculum, collaborating with students, and writing legal history from the baseball field.

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Mindy Aloff about her book Why Dance Matters. Why Dance Matters is a passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers.

We talk with Brandon Taylor about his new book, Make It Modern: A History of Art in the 20th Century.

Renowned sustainability architect Jason F. McLennan discusses Yale Divinity School’s Living Village complex, the relationship between religion and the environment, and his response to critics of green building.

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Robert D. Kaplan about his new book, The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power, a moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy.