FACULTY & ACADEMICS
TALAT AMAN & ZAPORAH PRICE
Activists demand Yale professor Valerie Horsley resign from Hamden Legislative Council

Hamden and New Haven activists are demanding the resignation of Hamden Legislative Councilwoman and associate professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Valerie Horsley from […]

April 16, 2021

ZACH MORRIS
Yale deans outline concrete measures faculty can take to alleviate student stress

Yale administrators have recently encouraged faculty to take measures to reduce student stress. While some professors have canceled assignments and extended deadlines, others have continued […]

April 15, 2021

Cross Campus on a sunny day
ROSE HOROWITCH
Yale raises tuition by almost 4 percent after year upended by online classes

The University has increased tuition by about 4 percent for the 2021-22 academic year, as it comes off of a year of largely online instruction. […]

April 12, 2021

Old Campus as seen through Phelps Gate.
MADISON HAHAMY
Four Yale faculty awarded Guggenheim fellowships

Four Yale faculty members recently received Guggenheim Fellowships, prestigious grants awarded to those who have “demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability […]

April 12, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY & ISABELLE QIAN
In graduate school rankings, Yale GSAS departments claim top spots

Yale departments often take pride in the quality of their students and faculty, and several recently received national recognition. Four Yale departments received top three […]

April 8, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY
Yale to offer L1 Yiddish class that fulfills language requirement

Starting next fall, Yalies can schmooze, kibitz and kvetch for a language credit. Currently, there is one main course sequence for Yiddish — a language […]

April 5, 2021

ZHEMIN SHAO
YLS professors weigh in on filibuster reform

As calls for filibuster reform gain momentum on the national stage, Yale Law School professors shared their opinions on the long-standing Senate procedure. The filibuster, […]

March 31, 2021

The U.S. Capitol on a sunny day.
MADISON HAHAMY
“Legendary” Professor Charles Hill dies at 84

Charles Hill, diplomat in residence, lecturer in International Studies at Yale University and Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, died on Saturday afternoon of complications […]

March 28, 2021

Hill gestures to his left while speaking at podium.
MADISON HAHAMY & BEATRIZ HORTA
Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz

Bandy Lee MED ’94 DIV ’95, a formerly Yale-affiliated faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry in School of Medicine, filed a complaint against the […]

March 23, 2021

A headshot of Bandy Lee
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Jackson Institute announces 2021 World Fellows cohort

The Jackson Institute unveiled its newest cohort for the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, consisting of 16 men and women from around the world, […]

March 23, 2021

The front of Horchow Hall across Hillhouse Ave.
MADISON HAHAMY
Changes underway for Math Department

The Math Department’s introductory courses, some of which have been around for over 40 years, are undergoing a “long-awaited revision,” according to a March 11 […]

March 17, 2021