FACULTY & ACADEMICS
ISAAC YU
FAS welcomes its most diverse set of ladder faculty

Yale welcomed 26 scholars to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences this fall — its most diverse cohort ever. The new academics joining the ladder […]

October 15, 2021

SARAH COOK
Faculty access to on-campus meals remains restricted

Faculty have been prohibited from eating at residential college dining halls during the semester. The rule was instituted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and restricts […]

October 14, 2021

ISAAC YU
Yale lawyers file to dismiss Bandy Lee’s free speech suit

Yale’s lawyers have filed to dismiss a free expression case brought against the University by Bandy Lee MED ’94 DIV ’95, a psychiatrist and former […]

October 13, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH & ISAAC YU
After resignation, Beverly Gage and fellow Yale faculty sound alarm on academic freedom

After announcing her resignation from the Grand Strategy program, history professor Beverly Gage expressed concerns about the influence donors have over academic expression at Yale. […]

October 6, 2021

ISAAC YU
ProfPods: The Faculty Voices of Yale, Recorded

On the day Yale shut down in March 2020, Scott Shapiro LAW ’90, professor of law and philosophy, was feeling restless. Cut off from his […]

October 4, 2021

Isaac Yu
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Students struggle to balance high holidays with academics

Amidst the September Jewish holiday season, students and faculty reported struggling to balance their observance with their academic schedules. And while students have found professors […]

September 26, 2021

Sign that reads Joseph Slifka Center
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Some faculty with COVID-19-related health concerns criticize in-person teaching mandate, accommodations policy

While many at Yale have gratefully returned to in-person instruction, not everyone is so happy.  In a Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey with 551 […]

September 24, 2021

KAASHIF AHMED
Yale undergrads explore University’s ties to eugenics

Three Yale students spoke at a panel on Wednesday about Yale’s relationship with eugenics.

September 24, 2021

A map showing where Yale
MADISON HAHAMY & ISAAC YU
Teaching fellow shortage to blame for intro course caps

In some cases, students have been turned away, and professors expressed long-term concerns about Yale’s classroom environments.

September 21, 2021

Students photographed from behind in a lecture in Sloane Physics Laboratory 59.
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yalies criticize US role, raise money in reaction to the Afghan crisis

Yale community reacts with mix of regret, anger and disappointment to Afghan crisis.

September 9, 2021

An American flag flies in the night.
ROSE HOROWITCH & BEATRIZ HORTA
In eight-year scheme, former medical school employee charged with stealing millions from Yale

Jamie Petrone-Codrington was charged Friday, prompting an investigation by the FBI and Yale Police Department.

September 7, 2021