Sophie Gould
Harvard deans’ emails covertly searched by admins

After a cheating scandal thrust Harvard into the national spotlight in August, the university covertly accessed the email accounts of several of its staff members in an effort to locate media leaks, the Boston Globe reported Saturday.

Academic review to shape faculty size

An academic review committee is homing in on possible ways for the University to allocate teaching positions across departments.

With Gibbons at the helm, library makes strides

Yale’s libraries amassed new physical and digital holdings and expanded their influence on academia during the 2011–’12 academic year.

Yale braces for federal cuts

University officers are devising a plan in response to expected reductions in federal research funding and government financial aid for students.

$150,000 prizes awarded to nine writers

President-elect Peter Salovey announced the nine winners of a new prestigious global literary prize on Monday morning.

Nursing School pioneer dies at 74

Donna Diers, a champion of nursing research and former dean of the Yale School of Nursing, died of cancer on Saturday. She was 74.

Years later, prize reductions remain in place

Ever since tight finances prompted administrators to cut back on academic prizes in 2010, Yale has discouraged the creation of new prizes.

Yalies attend Swarthmore divestment conference

A fossil fuel divestment conference at Swarthmore College this weekend drew representatives from 77 different divestment campaigns, including Yale’s. Fossil Free Yale, a group of […]

Departmental budgets remain tight

Facing a projected $40-million budget deficit for the coming academic year, faculty and administrators continue to deliberate about how to close the gap.

Yalies rally against Keystone XL Pipeline

Forty Yale students and graduate students met at 5 a.m. last Sunday to join the 50,000 people who gathered at Washington, D.C., to participate in […]

Hendrie to see 2014 renovation

Four years after the onset of the recession prompted Yale to halt plans for the renovation of Hendrie Hall, administrators said they hope construction will begin in May 2014.