How do you strengthen the health of a nation? At the Yale School of Public Health, students and faculty are shaping policy, applying technology, and partnering with communities to protect and improve lives. We’re taking on challenges from lowering health care costs to confronting emerging diseases — all to build a healthier future for everyone. In Innovation That Matters Episode 4, Yale School of Public Health's Dean Megan Ranney and faculty members Zack Cooper, Chantal Vogels, and Ijeoma Opara show how local action can spark national change.

The tart snap of lemonade. The creamy nostalgia of birthday cake frosting. The buttery crumble of pie crust.

Flavor is what pulls us back to childhood kitchens, family dinners or the first bite of something unforgettable. But behind every sip and bite is someone shaping that experience, blending science with storytelling.

For Lauren Muhlberger ’12, that someone is her.

There are 500 certified flavorists in the world, and even fewer of them are senior certified flavorists. Muhlberger has built a career out of designing the flavors people crave. Her lab is stocked not with test tubes or beakers but with tiny bottles that hold the power to trigger memory, joy or even surprise.

What does it take to lead in medicine today? Students and faculty at Yale are answering that call — not just in clinics and labs, but in classrooms and communities across the country. Their work is rooted in a shared commitment: to improve lives through access, innovation, and care. Watch how Yale School of Medicine is helping shape the future of health care in Innovation That Matters: Episode 3.

How do you teach architecture that truly matters? By empowering students to design real projects, for real communities.

From Connecticut to Florida, to the Midwest and beyond, students and faculty at the Yale School of Architecture are building community-first solutions with lasting impact — expanding housing access, advancing sustainability, and rethinking how we shape the built environment.

Innovation That Matters: Episode 2 shows how hands-on learning at Yale is driving real-world change. 

The Center for Interactive Media has established five goals and will also address the growing gap in Georgia’s digital economy by integrating human-centered, user-experience research, ethical artificial intelligence (AI) design, and immersive media development into a unified research and development pipeline. Plans for the center include building a physical space with a virtual and augmented reality room, a game studio, motion capture and sound room, and a focus room for user experience. In addition, the CIM will establish a presence in the metaverse, a virtual reality environment.

A new chapter in Singapore’s healthcare story began today as 78 aspiring doctors from Duke-NUS Medical School’s 19th Doctor of Medicine (MD) cohort donned their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath, committing themselves to a future of medical excellence, professionalism and a lifelong service of healing.