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Construction begins on HGS renovations

More than three years after Provost Ben Polak introduced the idea of turning the Hall of Graduate Studies into a new hub for the humanities — the transformation has begun.

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Yale to announce more flexible parental leave policy

Yale plans to announce a set of reforms to its parental leave policies in the next few weeks that will allow faculty members to receive parental benefits regardless of their spouse’s employment status.

Professor accused of misconduct honored

Yale medical faculty went into uproar this summer after Michael Simons — a Yale School of Medicine professor who left his position as cardiology chief […]

The Duke’s Men a capella group rebrands as The Doox

A year after tapping its first non-male singer, members of the Duke’s Men of Yale — a formerly all-male a capella group — will now […]

Yale pledges not to invest in assault weapon retailers

Yale will not invest in any retail outlet that sells assault weapons to the general public, the University announced in a statement Tuesday. The statement […]

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Christakis and three others appointed Sterling professors

Nearly three years after getting caught up in a firestorm of race-related controversy, the former head of Silliman College has received the highest honor Yale bestows on its faculty.

Students voice dissatisfaction with “terrible” Blue Book replacement

One recent meme describes Yale Course Search as “a new, terribly designed course selection system that tries to fix something that wasn’t broken."

A sports junkie who ate pasta with ketchup: Law school friends reflect on Kavanaugh’s time at YLS

(61 Lake Place, the brownstone behind Payne Whitney Gymnasium, once housed Judge Brett Kavanaugh ’87 LAW ’90) In the days following the nomination of Judge Brett […]

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Law students, alumni condemn Kavanaugh in open letter

175 Yale Law School alumni and students have signed a petition condemning the University for “boasting of its alumnus’s accomplishment.”

Larry Gladney named FAS dean of diversity and faculty development

Astrophysics professor Larry Gladney will leave the University of Pennsylvania to join Yale and serve as the Faculty of Arts and Science dean of diversity […]

Latin honors cutoffs see modest rise

The Latin honors GPA cutoffs for the class of 2018 are roughly consistent with those of recent years, despite faculty consensus that grade inflation abounds […]