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UP CLOSE: Tearing down the ivory tower

Brian Sass stood behind a glass case containing about 40 small handguns, a “Hillary for Prison” sign plastered above him and a pistol holstered to his side. He was reluctant to talk to the News, until he heard the topic: what he thought of Ivy League universities like Yale.

Yale lawyer gets Museum of Natural History job

When Sheree Carter-Galvan LAW ’93 joined Yale’s Office of the General Counsel in 2006 as a transactional lawyer, she did not know how well her […]

Bass plans new study spaces

The renovation is intended to create more study spaces to prevent overcrowding and ensure that Bass continues to provide a welcoming place for students to study once Yale College reaches its full expanded size.

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Yale appoints first-ever dean of science

Jeffrey Brock ’92, a mathematician, will serve as the inaugural dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, pending approval from the Yale […]

Students criticize Yale’s STEM offerings

In fall 2016, University President Peter Salovey laid out his key academic priorities for Yale, one of which was promoting excellence in the sciences. Now, […]

Yale faculty paid less than peers

Over the past 35 years, the average salary that Yale pays full professors — excluding those in the School of Medicine — has declined relative to the average salaries of professors at peer institutions.

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Snyder to step down as SOM dean in 2019

Edward Snyder will step down from his position as School of Management dean and return to full-time teaching and research starting in July 2019, University […]

Div school has Yale’s most diverse faculty

A year and a half later, the hiring move has made the Divinity School’s faculty the most diverse at Yale.

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Biology prof to run for state senate

After Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016, Yale professor of molecular and cellular biology Valerie Horsley cried for hours that night and the […]

New Whiffs majority minority

For the first time in recent history, the majority of its new singers — at least eight out of 14 — are members of minority groups.

Mixed feelings on lack of ROTC course credit

Amid anti-military sentiments and anger surrounding the Vietnam War, Yale announced in 1969 that it would no longer give credit for courses that ROTC students […]