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Werner Wolf (1930-1925)

Werner P. Wolf (1930-2025)

September 25, 2025
Werner Wolf, the Raymond J. Wean Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics, who helped reshape Yale engineering, died on Sept. 16. Werner Wolf, the Raymond J. Wean Professor...
Yale ALPHA Collaboration group

Wright Lab hosts ALPHA Collaboration Meeting

September 18, 2025
From September 8-9, thirty-four researchers from institutions around the world came together for a meeting of the Axion Longitudinal Plasma Haloscope (ALPHA) Collaboration at...
Researcher attending to a patient in an MRI machine

‘Brains, Minds, and Machines’: A new graduate certificate for the study of human cognition

September 17, 2025
The Wu Tsai Institute is launching a new graduate certificate to prepare the next generation of researchers through interdisciplinary coursework, hands-on activities, and...
Group of summer student researchers posing for picture at Wright Lab after the symposium.

2025 Summer Research Students present their work in final symposia

September 17, 2025
Students in the 2025 Summer Student Research Program at Wright Lab presented their work to their peers, mentors, and the community at a variety of symposia. The Summer...
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