GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
ESMA OKUTAN
Former Colombian president faces student outcry at Jackson event

Undergraduate and graduate students questioned the University’s decision to invite Iván Duque, who served as the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022, as a speaker at the Jackson School.

September 19, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
Hixon Conference talks urban forestry

The Yale School of the Environment’s 10th annual Hixon Urban Conference explored the centrality of urban forests in mitigating climate change and offering remedies for global warming.

September 18, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
Yale researchers investigate methane emissions by rivers, streams

A recent Nature paper shed light on one of a few lesser-known secrets held by our rivers and streams.

September 18, 2023

ADAM WALKER
YLS program director resigns after acknowledging broached romantic relationship with student at Williams

Last week, Don Carlson, the former Executive Director of the Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School, resigned from his role after suspending his campaign for Rhode Island's first congressional district in late August.

September 15, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ADAM WALKER
Yale Law, College Dems host conversation with mayoral candidates

In a conversation hosted by the Yale Law School Democrats, mayoral candidates Justin Elicker and Liam Brennan sat down to discuss the impact of Yale’s continued acquisition of hospitals around New Haven.

September 11, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
“Environmental Justice” symposium takes on climate change, inequality

Attendees and presenters at the Yale Environmental Humanities program’s first symposium of the year looked at how the humanities are investigating climate change.

September 11, 2023

ADAM WALKER
‘A remarkable place’: inside the life of a YLS 1L

As Yale’s newest J.D. candidates begin law school, the News provides a glimpse into the social, academic and extracurricular lives of incoming 1L students.

September 6, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
Divinity School renovations prepare to break new ground

Construction at the Yale Divinity School is gearing up to go green. Renovation of the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle entrance has been underway since July 14, […]

September 5, 2023

ESMA OKUTAN & JAMES STEELE
Yale creates new doctoral training program in quantum materials

A National Science Foundation award has enabled the School of Engineering & Applied Science to work toward the new interdisciplinary program.

September 1, 2023

MIRANDA WOLLEN
UP CLOSE: When graduate student-adviser relationships go awry

Advisers are graduate students’ lifelines at Yale: they provide guidance in academic and professional matters and boost students into their postgrad lives. But when these relationships turn sour, few resources exist for graduate students to equitably resolve faculty conflicts.

April 28, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ
State of Connecticut suspends commutation, YLS community responds

Commutation – the process through which incarcerated individuals apply to have sentences reconsidered – was indefinitely suspended by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles.

April 18, 2023