Matt Kristoffersen
Staff Reporter
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Profs: BA/MA programs are “not for the faint hearted”

Among hundreds of Yalies who graduate with bachelor’s degrees every May, only around a handful — if that — are awarded a simultaneous master’s degree. […]

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Biology professor campaigns for town council

Like most science professors, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology associate professor Valerie Horsley spends her time researching, traveling to conferences and applying for grants. But […]

Six faculty members elected to NAM

Microbiology professor Jorge Galán never expected to get elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) — until it happened. After all, he said, “if […]

For a weekend, DS Alumni return to the classroom

In a seminar room in the Loria Center’s basement, William Quanrud ’83 opened his copy of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” with nervous excitement. That day, […]

Classics considers severing ties with Paideia Institute

Amid allegations of misconduct against administrators at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, the University’s Classics Department is contemplating whether Yale should cut financial and […]

Theater Studies changes its name

After lobbying to change the name of the Program in Theater Studies, faculty members learned earlier this month that they had succeeded — the Program […]

Harold Bloom dies at 89

Harold Bloom GRD ’56, a Sterling Professor of English, author of over 40 books and an iconic defender of the Western canon, died on Monday […]

Yale welcomes Pixar professor

Computer science professor Theodore Kim has worked with Lightning McQueen, Elastigirl and Coco. Or, at least that’s what he tells his nieces and nephews. Kim […]

Sterling professor Harold Bloom dies at 89

This is a breaking story. Check back later for updates.   Harold Bloom GRD ‘55, the Sterling Professor of English and a Yale icon who […]

NLRB opposition threatens Local 33

As the National Labor Relations Board moves to strip unionization rights from teaching assistants at private universities, Local 33 — which already suffered defeat in […]

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Professors question gender inequity of Nobel laureates

As the University celebrates John Goodenough ’44, Yale alumnus and a professor at UT Austin, for his recent Nobel Prize win in Chemistry, many professors […]