Shantanu Kumar ’26, the first student to enroll in SOM’s joint-degree program with the Yale School of Engineering & Applied ...

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From popular culture to the dark corners of the internet, there are many claims about “fundamental” differences between people on the basis of gender, racial or ethnic groups, sexuality, or other ...

In this series called Member Showcase, we publish interviews with members of The Oracles. This interview is with Chase Hughes, founder and president of Applied Behavior Research, which develops ...

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