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Brodhead kicks off term as Duke pres.

Duke University President and former Yale College Dean Richard Brodhead ’68 GRD ’72 had no way of knowing his first day as a Blue Devil […]

One-third of freshman class applies for new seminars

Yale’s new freshman seminar program went into effect this semester and has proven popular: around a third of the freshman class applied over the summer. […]

TAs get stipend increase

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. The Graduate School increased stipends for students working as teaching assistants by 8.4 […]

New deans make smooth transition

New Yale College Dean Peter Salovey and Graduate School Dean Jon Butler officially kicked off their terms last week by welcoming students to campus after […]

NLRB rules against grad student unions

In a 3-to-2 ruling, the National Labor Relations Board concluded Thursday that graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities do […]

Brodhead departs a ‘wonderful life’ for a new blue

Nearly every instant of Richard Brodhead’s adult life, from the “Eureka” moments of his college days to national tragedies and the birth of his son, […]

Delving into the complex tenure system

For some junior professors, coming to Yale is a Faustian bargain. The scholarly resources are boundless, academic heavyweights fill the faculty offices, and the students […]

GESO seeks TA pay equity, diversity funds

In a series of actions this week, the Graduate Employees and Students Organization called on the University to negotiate changes in its policies regarding faculty […]

Female prof task force to study tenure

A group of female faculty members will launch a task force to review issues of faculty development and retention, including the University’s tenure system, professors […]

Vibrant Mary Louise Brewster dies at age 84

Mary Louise Brewster, the wife of a long-serving and legendary Yale president and a woman often noted for her elegance, died late Wednesday night from […]

Essayist takes teaching post

Prize-winning author and essayist Anne Fadiman has accepted a position teaching non-fiction writing seminars in the English Department beginning next spring, Yale College Dean Richard […]