FACULTY & ACADEMICS
JAEHA JANG
English professors take individual approaches to deterring AI use

In interviews with the News, four professors described the use of artificial intelligence as detrimental to critical thinking.

October 29, 2025

LEO NYBERG
History department offering course on trust in higher education

The course will examine historic and contemporary trust in universities as a committee of Yale professors examines declining trust in higher education.

October 28, 2025

PABLO PEREZ & ISABEL LI
To woo students, French department makes courses easier

In response to surveys conducted by a committee and course evaluations, the French department largely eliminated final exams and reduced in-class hours.

October 24, 2025

JAEHA JANG & OLIVIA WOO
Directed Studies program to expand next year, dean says

If hiring capacity permits, program spots would increase by as much as 25 percent for the class of 2030, Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis said in an interview.

October 23, 2025

ASHER BOISKIN & JAEHA JANG
Faculty group urges Yale to reject potential Trump compact offer

In a Thursday email addressed to the Yale community, Yale’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors urged faculty members to ask administrators to reject a possible compact from the Trump administration that they argued would limit the University’s autonomy.

October 20, 2025

JAEHA JANG
Salovey plans to resume teaching psychology next year

Peter Salovey, who was university president from 2013 to 2024, wrote in an email to the News that he plans to resume teaching in the psychology department next year.

October 6, 2025

SARAH RIVAS
Biden education secretary joins School of Management faculty 

Miguel Cardona will teach a course on education policy for the 2025-26 academic year.

October 6, 2025

JAEHA JANG
‘The height of self-sabotage’: Computer science professors bash AI use

While many computer science professors told the News they strongly discouraged AI use, some suggested it can be a helpful learning tool.

October 3, 2025

BRADY PAYNE
African American Studies Department renamed to Black Studies

Professors told the News that change was made to reflect a growing interest in the study of Black people in regions beyond the United States — at Yale and in the broader field.

October 2, 2025

JAEHA JANG
Faculty group hosts panel on preparing for possible Trump intervention

On Monday afternoon, Yale’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors hosted faculty leaders from across the nation to discuss faculty organizing and negotiations with the federal government.

September 30, 2025

JAEHA JANG
Yale could pay $20 million yearly for faculty visas under Trump order

On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications. Yale has sponsored 200 or more of these visas every year since 2018.

September 25, 2025