June Torbati
JUNE TORBATI
Jones’ exit leaves one American Indian prof.

After spending over 20 years at the University as both a student and a teacher, Divinity School professor Serene Jones DIV ’85 GRD ’91 will […]

March 28, 2008

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Sociology aims to reverse decline in enrollment

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Facing sharply declining undergraduate course enrollments, the Sociology department is attempting to reinvigorate […]

March 26, 2008

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Sociology Dept. to look for new home if colleges built

Undergraduates anxious to sign leases or begin room draws for next year are not the only ones at Yale with housing worries. As of right […]

March 7, 2008

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Brief: Five junior faculty granted tenure under new tenure, appointment system

Five current junior faculty members at Yale were awarded tenure Wednesday afternoon by the Joint Boards of Yale College and the Graduate School. In a […]

March 6, 2008

RAYMOND CARLSON & JUNE TORBATI
Dearth of Latino faculty mirrors national trends

Even as the University continues aggressive efforts to increase diversity in its faculty ranks, Latino professors remain a visible minority on campus — and not […]

March 5, 2008

RAYMOND CARLSON & JUNE TORBATI
Task Force seeks to widen Asian-American courses

Asian-American students make up the largest minority on campus. But many feel their culture is a bit underrepresented in the Blue Book. So this academic […]

February 28, 2008

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Survey of faculty points to perceived gender disparity

Despite the University’s formal commitment to recruiting a more diverse faculty, women faculty members still perceive a sharp gender divide — resulting in what they […]

February 26, 2008

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Departments aim to structure, formalize faculty mentoring

A survey of junior faculty members’ opinions on the mentoring — or lack thereof — they receive from senior faculty at the University is accelerating […]

February 21, 2008

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Minority faculty members perceive marginalization

When history professor Lillian Guerra entered a campus building in early February to administer a doctoral exam, she received an unintended compliment. The guard at […]

February 19, 2008

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Yale to increase, extend grad-student stipends

In the most significant stipend policy change in recent years, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that base student stipends in the […]

February 14, 2008

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Graduate, professional students lobby for student dental insurance

  Drilling, bad-tasting fluoride and sore jaws aside, some Yale students would still like to be able to go to the dentist’s office for regular […]

February 13, 2008