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Salovey approves revised faculty misconduct rules

After almost three and a half years of debate, University President Peter Salovey on Jan 30. formally accepted a revised set of faculty standards and procedures to be added to the Yale Faculty Handbook.

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New program lets faculty members take classes

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is rolling out a five-year program called “Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners,” or “SAL2,” which will offer a […]

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First Whiff woman is accomplished composer

“It’s very light, it flows very well. But it also has an element of strength and power.”

For first time ever, Whiffs admit a woman

Now, 109 years later, the world’s oldest collegiate a cappella group is no longer an all-male show. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Sofía Campoamor ’19 became the first female singer ever admitted to the Whiffenpoofs.

Whiffenpoofs break with all-male tradition

In 1909, five Yale men came together to form a group of gentlemen songsters, the Whiffenpoofs. But 109 years later, the world’s oldest collegiate a […]

Med School enhances childcare support

Almost six months after the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences enhanced childcare support for doctoral students with children, the School of Medicine is following […]

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WFF calls for stricter sanctions

In 2013, the University Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct found that Robert W. Berliner professor of medicine Michael Simons had violated Yale’s sexual misconduct policies. […]

Gage’s book inspires PBS documentary

New York businessmen in suits and ties swarm the streets to survey the “war zone” unfolding in the nation’s financial center. Where a grand building […]

GSA addresses mental health

The prevailing attitude among both advisors and students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is that if you’re not depressed during your doctoral […]

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Yale extends Credit/D deadline

Starting next school year, students will be allowed to switch course credits to Credit/D/Fail during the first half of the semester, Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun announced in an email to the Yale community on Thursday morning.

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Students, prof pose with severed heads

Two graduate students and a professor from the University of Connecticut took a selfie with two severed human heads donated for research during a workshop […]