Updated: Friday, August 8, 2008 at 11:51am
University President Richard Levin needs a right-hand man, a scientist and a successor — and not necessarily in that order. With Provost Andrew Hamilton’s impending departure for the top job at Oxford, Levin needs a No. 2 to help guide the construction of two new residential colleges. He needs someone to help oversee the launch of the West Campus and Yale’s...
Provost Andrew Hamilton has been confirmed as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, officially anointing him as the next leader of the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Members of Oxford’s Congregation, the university’s parliament, had until noon Monday to object to Hamilton’s nomination, which was announced June 3. None did so...
Close to a decade ago, Yale University set out on a mission: to acquire a few two-story houses tucked near the corner of Prospect and Canal streets. University administrators did not want the houses. They wanted the land on which the houses stood, because they forecasted erecting two new residential colleges there at some point in the future. And this year, that...
In an early-morning e-mail to colleagues Tuesday, Provost Andrew Hamilton said he has been nominated to lead the University of Oxford as its vice-chancellor beginning in October 2009. Hamilton's nomination to the senior-most administrative role at the oldest university in the English-speaking world — pending approval by Oxford's Congregation, or Parliament of Dons —...
As a college student, Joan Steitz was fascinated by science. A chemistry major, Steitz stumbled upon molecular biology — then an emerging field — while assisting senior scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Through her laboratory stint, Steitz even befriended James Watson, one of the scientists responsible for discovering the DNA double helix. At...
A faculty member in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations currently being investigated by the University after allegations of sexual harassment committed sexual harassment twice against the same victim, not once as previously reported. The faculty member also pressured others in the department to keep quiet about the incidents, according to...
Manifest Destiny: Yale Looks WestA Six-Part Series 1) In a whirlwind, Yale goes West2) With West campus, Yale excuses form for function3) Ortiz’s new calling: Yale-West...
Few careers include both research on lemurs in Africa and successful negotiation of environmental reform. But Alison Richard — one-time University provost and former Director of the Yale Peabody Museum — has somehow managed all this and more. The Peabody Museum presented Richard with the Addison Amery Verrill Medal for achievement on Wednesday, its highest honor for...
WEST HAVEN, Conn. — Yale Provost Andrew Hamilton, a well-tailored Englishman known for his eloquence, does not often lose his composure. But he did just that when he first toured the science complex here that has now become Yale’s West Campus, replete with hundreds of thousands of square feet of state-of-the-art laboratories. “President Levin teases me because he...
A survey of junior faculty members’ opinions on the mentoring — or lack thereof — they receive from senior faculty at the University is accelerating efforts to formalize the mentoring process. In a survey published this month by the Provost’s Office, 58 percent of junior faculty members said they do not feel they have received adequate mentoring at Yale. The...
Yalies are accustomed to receiving campus-wide e-mails — from Police Chief James Perrotti, from University President Richard Levin or from Yale College Dean Peter Salovey. But a new name in their inboxes Wednesday evening had many students scratching their heads. An e-mail addressed to “Members of the Yale Community” condemned a “disturbing series of racist...
Two Yale professors will join the Provost’s Office as deputy provosts responsible for faculty development and science and technology this academic year, officials announced in mid-August. Judy Chevalier ’89 and Steven Girvin will replace Kim Bottomly, the former deputy provost for science, technology and faculty development, who left the University last spring to...
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