features

I, chatbot

Student use of AI is ubiquitous, disruptive, and irreversible. Now what? 

By Clay Shirky ’86

features

Engineering matter(s)

Can mimicking nature unravel the mysteries of the immune system? Meet Anjelica  Gonzalez, a bioengineer forging new paths, one cell wall at a time.

By Randi Hutter Epstein ’90MD

features

Good karma

Kathryn Lofton, Yale’s Lex Hixon Professor of Religious and American studies, considers the experimental life—and faith—of her chair’s namesake.

By Kathryn Lofton

From the Editor

Curious, not furious

A community in discover mode.

By Pippa Jack

Letters to the Editor

Letters: January/February 2026

Readers write back about Yale-NUS, ideological diversity, and more.

Where They Are Now

Meet the rabbi 

In her new memoir, Angela Warnick Buchdahl '94 talks about embracing Judaism .

By Sylvia Brownrigg ’86

Scene on Campus

It takes a village 

A bird-eye view of the Divinity School's new sustainable residence hall. 

Q&A: Maurie McInnis

AI at Yale

By Pippa Jack

Old Yale

Captive congregation

Until 1926, Yale College students were required to attend chapel services every day.

By Mark Alden Branch ’86

Sporting Life

Fall sports: football shines in postseason

Field hockey and tennis also had standout performances.

By Evan Frondorf ’14

Last Look

Top dog! 

The thrill of victory over Harvard.