# October 2025 News

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### [Yale’s Anderson honored for work on criminology](https://afamstudies.yale.edu/news/yales-anderson-honored-work-criminology)

October 30, 2025

The American Society of Criminology recognizes Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson for his pioneering ethnographic research on urban crime.
Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson has...

### [2025 Bode-Pearson Prize from the American Studies Association](https://afamstudies.yale.edu/news/2025-bode-pearson-prize-american-studies-association)

October 13, 2025

Matthew Frye Jacobson, who has been awarded the 2025 Bode-Pearson Prize from the American Studies Association. The most prestigious prize awarded by the American Studies...

### [African American Studies Department renamed to Black Studies](https://afamstudies.yale.edu/news/african-american-studies-department-renamed-black-studies)

October 2, 2025

African American Studies Department renamed to Black Studies
Professors told the News that change was made to reflect a growing interest in the study of Black people in...

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