FACULTY & ACADEMICS
KARLA CORTES
Yale pushes for largely in-person courses, discourages asynchronous course requests

During COVID-19 and beyond, courses often received permission to use asynchronous formats in teaching. Now, Yale is strongly reiterating its expectation that teaching will be in person.

January 24, 2025

ELSPETH YEH & YOLANDA WANG
Yale seeking new Palestinian studies postdoctoral associate

Posted by the Yale Council on Middle East Studies, the position will entail both teaching and research and comes after pro-Palestine students called for investment in Palestinian scholarship.

January 22, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Grading delays limit opportunities for some students

Incomplete transcripts prevented some first-year students from applying for summer opportunities and fellowships.

January 21, 2025

EMILY KHYM
A new way of interpreting data — the GIS Accelerator Program

The GIS Accelerator program is a five-day intensive course that introduces basic GIS skills to participants. The next cohort of the program started Jan. 6.

January 12, 2025

YOLANDA WANG
Steven Wilkinson named next FAS dean

Wilkinson will assume the role on Jan. 1, after the inaugural FAS dean, Tamar Gendler, finishes her second five-year term.

December 10, 2024

FABEHA JAHRA
Yalies prepare to take on the Putnam exam

Yale’s math department prepares students for the notoriously challenging math exam through collaborative seminars and intensive practice sessions.

December 6, 2024

SABRINA THALER & YOLANDA WANG
Cherokee classes expand, NACC Indigenous language program on pause

In its second year, the Cherokee language program is seeking to expand its course offerings. Meanwhile, a funding gap has put Yale’s non-credit Indigenous language program on hold.

December 4, 2024

CLAIRE NAM
Economics, political science and psychology classes receive most interest in spring 2025

Introductory Macroeconomics, Bioethics and Law and Psychology and Global Capitalism are the top three most popular courses this upcoming semester.

December 4, 2024

JOSIE REICH
Salovey named Stanford trustee, latest of many post-Yale positions

Since stepping down, the former Yale president has joined the boards of three organizations and become a Sterling professor.

November 24, 2024

WILL FORBES, JAEHA JANG & JERRY GAO
DATA: Still searching for the right class? Here’s what years of CourseTable ratings reveal

The News reviewed CourseTable data dating back to 2014, uncovering classes, departments and professors that have earned the highest praise — and those who have fallen short.

November 22, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Yale postdocs call for base pay reform

After salary minimums returned to a rolling model for fiscal year 2025, the Yale Postdoctoral Association is pushing for higher pay and uniform rollouts for compensation adjustment.

November 21, 2024