FACULTY & ACADEMICS
ISAAC YU
Faculty frustrated with admin response in Haifan Lin investigation

Several School of Medicine faculty members expressed grievances about the University’s suspension of professor Haifan Lin under a possible China Initiative-related investigation by the Department of Justice. Meanwhile, a member of Lin’s lab reported that the disruption has affected both scientific research and created uncertainty before his students.

March 17, 2022

ISAAC YU
Faculty senate discusses academic integrity, tenure, graduate stipends

Professors and students continue to adapt to post-pandemic academic life, which has raised issues surrounding academic integrity

March 16, 2022

ISAAC YU
Yale School of Medicine Professor Haifan Lin investigated by Department of Justice

Following a letter of concern signed by nearly 100 Yale faculty, the University said that it is defending the cell biology professor while conducting an internal investigation.

March 16, 2022

LAILA DELPUPPO MESSARI
Humanities Quadrangle hours changes prompt undergraduate frustration

The Humanities Quadrangle, although open 24-hours last semester, now closes to undergraduates at 9:15 p.m. and to graduate students at midnight.

March 16, 2022

ISAAC YU
Faculty senate renamed to encompass distinct engineering faculty

The body, formerly known as the FAS Senate, will have a new name to reflect its representation of a newly-distinct engineering faculty. The Senate will also seek to add three seats in order to re-balance representation between its four divisions.

March 14, 2022

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Yale law professor represents Ukraine at World Court

Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of international law at Yale Law School, argued on behalf of Ukraine against Russian invasion alongside a team of lawyers at the International Court of Justice.

March 13, 2022

ISABEL MANEY & CHARLOTTE HUGHES
Russian oil ban – a possibility for greener energy?

Yale professors comment on the Russian oil ban.

March 11, 2022

EVAN GORELICK & ISAAC YU
ER&M flexes independence with three new hires

The program, which gained hiring power in 2019 after years of advocacy, will bring on two new junior faculty members in Native studies and one in Latinx studies.

March 10, 2022

ISAAC YU
FAS Senate condemns Russian invasion, labs offer support for displaced Ukrainian scientists

More than a dozen faculty offered positions in their labs and research groups to displaced Ukrainian scholars.

March 10, 2022

GAVIN GUERRETTE
Two Yale affiliates appear on NPR podcast amid national acclaim

The books of two Yale affiliates have received national coverage, one for its personal exploration of chronic illness, and the other as inspiration for a popular HBO documentary on the life of Frederick Douglass.

March 10, 2022

DANTE MOTLEY
AfAm House Director Dean Nelson shifts to new role with Library

Assistant Dean of Yale College Risë Nelson will leave her role as Director of the African American Cultural House for an inaugural role at the Yale University Library.

March 9, 2022