FACULTY & ACADEMICS
OPHELIA HE
Yale Italian Studies promotes cross-cultural connections at speaker event

In collaboration with UC Berkeley, Yale Diversity in Italian Studies Working Group is hosting a talk to promote diversity in Italian Studies.

October 13, 2022

ALEX YE
Yale increases investment in blockchain research

Yale, which was ranked 34 in Coindesk’s 2022 Best Universities for Blockchain, has invested significantly in the rapidly growing field.

October 12, 2022

ALEX YE
Inaugural award celebrates faculty entrepreneurs

The Faculty Innovation Awards presented by Yale Ventures recognized twelve Yale faculty who have recently established startups and raised at least $1 million in investment capital in the last year.

October 10, 2022

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
LGBTQ+ Steering Committee plans in-person events for semester

On Sept. 20, faculty LGBTQ+ affinity group met to plan a range of LGBTQ+ centered events this semester, including a pickleball tournament and an improv performance.

October 6, 2022

MIRANDA WOLLEN
Slavic Department grapples with Russia’s war on Ukraine

Amidst Russia’s war on Ukraine, administrators, staff and students in Yale’s Slavic Languages and Literatures Department cope with learning and teaching Russophone culture.

October 5, 2022

KINNIA CHEUK
Build-your-own-major: Yale’s overlooked special divisional major

The News spoke to the only two declared special divisional majors on why they chose to pursue it and the ups and downs of doing so.

October 5, 2022

ALEX YE
CS50 bumps maximum ULA paycheck, avoiding potential strike

Administrators increased the number of possible hours undergraduate staff be paid for teaching the popular introductory computer science lecture.

October 4, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Yale’s application-based majors have dwindled in recent years

As two popular majors switched to prerequisite systems in recent years, other programs have weighed the costs and benefits of limiting their cohorts.

October 2, 2022

NATI TESFAYE
Sunil Amrith Wins the 2022 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History

Yale history professor Sunil Amrith was among the 12 laureates honored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences on Thursday.

October 2, 2022

ALEX YE
Yale College adds new Islamic studies certificate

The new interdisciplinary certificate, which allows students to explore Islam in a wide variety of contexts, will be led by Director Supriya Gandhi.

September 28, 2022

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Yale’s global strategy takes ground-up approach

Senior administrators signaled that the University is taking a step back from larger global strategy initiatives, instead focusing on smaller, faculty-led projects.

September 21, 2022