FACULTY & ACADEMICS
ISABEL MANEY
Yale’s labs aim to address chronic energy inefficiency

Yale’s labs are some of the most energy-intensive buildings on campus. Sustainability experts agreed that infrastructure and behavioral changes are needed to make labs energy efficient.

April 28, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Kimball Smith Series hosts panel discussion on nuclear weapons

The Kimball Smith Series, which is in its first year, hosted an event on nuclear weapons on Friday.

April 25, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Lawyers assess Yale’s efforts to dismiss antitrust suit brought against it

Legal experts share that motions to dismiss are standard practice, and are unlikely to influence the case’s outcome.

April 20, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH, ISAAC YU & TIGERLILY HOPSON
Survey reveals strong feelings of exclusion among marginalized groups in Yale’s math department

A soon-to-be-released report shows that many in the math department are dissatisfied with departmental diversity. Interviews with members of the climate committee demonstrated the difficulties of diversifying the sciences, as well as the hopeful bright spots for progress.

April 19, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale professor chairs advisory committee for first Eastern European artificial intelligence institute 

Computer science professor Dragomir Radev traveled to Bulgaria to speak at the launch event for INSAIT, the first artificial intelligence and computer science institute in Eastern Europe

April 17, 2022

ISABELLA ROMERO STEFANONI
Residential college dining halls reopen to faculty

Residential college dining halls have reopened to faculty and professors, allowing for professor-student meals to resume after a COVID-19 induced hiatus.

April 15, 2022

GAVIN GUERRETTE
Two Yale professors selected as Guggenheim Fellows

Daphne Brooks and Milan Svolik have been selected by the Guggenheim Foundation as fellows in the fields of theater arts and performance studies and political science.

April 13, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Computer Science faculty call for first facilities change in 30 years

As the computer science department continues on its track to expand, both in student enrollment and faculty size, some faculty members expressed strong concerns about the outdated nature of Arthur K. Watson Hall.

April 12, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Sidney Altman, Nobel laureate and former Dean of Yale College, dies at 82

Altman served as Dean of Yale College from 1985-1989, and won a Nobel Prize in 1989 for his work on the catalytic properties of RNA.

April 11, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Art History expands course offerings after year-long professor deficit

More than half of the Art History department’s core faculty are currently on leave, but the department plans to increase its course offerings next semester to accommodate growing interest.

April 11, 2022

ISAAC YU
Haifan Lin returns from suspension, but faculty questions remain

The professor of cell biology returned to the office on Monday after being barred from contact with colleagues for more than two months.

April 7, 2022