Sophie Gould
Investments Office continues to push private equity

The Yale Investment Committee approved a slight increase in the endowment’s exposure to private equity for the 2013 fiscal year, according to a December report.

POLAK NAMED PROVOST

Economics Department Chair Benjamin Polak has taken the reins from President-elect and former Provost Peter Salovey as the University’s second-highest ranking administrator.

Polak brings economic expertise to new role

Economics professor Benjamin Polak has spent the past few nights lying awake in bed, contemplating his role as Yale’s next provost.

BREAKING: Economics chair Polak named provost

Two-month provost search ends with ceremony in Luce Hall.

Tech-savvy classroom aims to transform learning

This semester, Yale will debut its first Technology Enabled Active Learning classroom, which aims to improve students’ classroom experiences.

Faculty mull governance structures

Many faculty members continue to question whether administrators are doing enough to solicit faculty input in University decision-making.

Provost announces teaching initiative

Provost Peter Salovey is working to encourage high-quality teaching among professors at Yale.

Students push fossil fuels divestment

Students at over 100 campuses nationwide are calling for universities to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry — and the movement has arrived at Yale.

Salovey solicits nominations for next provost

Though Yale students don’t seem to know what the provost does, the University still needs one, especially since Provost Peter Salovey will assume the post […]

Search for next Pierson master underway

The search for the next master of Pierson College has begun, University President Richard Levin and Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced in a Monday […]

Endowment alternatives promote ‘arms race’

Two School of Management professors presented a paper in September about how the recession affected higher education.