FACULTY & ACADEMICS
Jackson affiliate spied for Qatari government before teaching at Yale

An Associated Press investigation found that former CIA officer Kevin Chalker helped the Qatari government secure the rights to host the 2022 World Cup prior to teaching two Jackson graduate seminars.

Catching up with Michael Della Rocca, Yale’s newest Sterling Professor of Philosophy

Michael Della Rocca, a leading figure in early modern philosophy, has been named a Sterling Professor by the University.

Robert Farris Thompson, preeminent scholar of African art history, dies at 88

Affectionately known as “Master T,” he served as the head of Timothy Dwight College for more than three decades.

Creative writing classes see record demand

Increased competition and an earlier application timeline sparked frustrations among students and professors. Some advocated for adding course offerings and modifying the registration process.

Frances Rosenbluth, who redefined Japanese comparative politics, dies at 63

The long-serving professor of political science is remembered for her teaching contributions and for paving the way for women after her.

FAS expands Dean’s Office with new director for strategic projects

Peter Schiffer will join the Faculty of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office to support younger ladder faculty and diversity strategies.

Four Yale students win Rhodes Scholarships

Four Yale seniors will cross the Atlantic next fall for graduate studies at the University of Oxford as part of the Rhodes Scholarship.

SOM professors reflect on summits condemning Trump’s statements

Nearly a year after former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, professors reflect on the corporate summits organized by professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

Faculty salary gap will take years to close, administrators say

Yale’s faculty salaries increasingly fell behind those of its peers over the last decade, a trend administrators will attempt to rectify through incremental changes.

Two Yale professors host ‘Health & Veritas’ podcast

Physician-professors Dr. Howard Forman and Dr. Harlan Krumholz establish podcast to discuss breakthroughs in healthcare

Two Yale professors win Young Investigator Research Program Award

Yale Professors Ilker Yildirim and Peijun Guo have received research awards worth hundreds of thousands of dollars which they will use to study reverse-engineering representations and computational architecture of high-level attention and the process of light emission, respectively.