News & Announcements
Below you will find news stories from the Graduate School, as well as important messages for our community.
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On December 11, the Graduate School hosted a virtual conversation about its post-baccalaureate research education program (PREP). The program helps the most promising students become highly competitive applicants to graduate programs by giving them robust research experience.
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The Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) invites Yale Graduate School alumni to help shape the future of alumni engagement by joining the GSAA Board. Applications are due February 1, 2026. GSAA will offer two virtual info sessions on January 16 and 17 for alumni who want to learn more about board service.
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Read the latest news from the Graduate School in our December 2025 alumni newsletter.
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Recipients are chosen for their excellence in scholarship and in service. Alumni and friends of the Graduate School may submit nominations for consideration. Nominations are accepted year-round but must be received by March 1 for consideration for the following year’s honorees.
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Shelley Fisher Fishkin ’71, ’77 PhD (American Studies), is the author of the recent book, “Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade.” Her new article in the Yale Alumni Magazine explores the literary giant's many ties to Yale.
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On October 20, four Graduate School alumni were awarded the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal during a ceremony at Yale. The honorees are Philip J. Deloria ’94 PhD (American Studies), Samuel Jay Keyser ’62 PhD (Linguistics), Andrew J. Lankford ’72, ’78 PhD (Physics), and Jeffrey Settleman ’89 PhD (Genetics).
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Joel Mokyr ’74 PhD (Economics) has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in economic sciences for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress.
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Award-winning archaeologist Kristina Douglass ’16 PhD (Anthropology) is among the 22 recipients of the 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a prestigious award known informally as the “genius grant.”
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Read the latest news from the Graduate School in our October 2025 alumni newsletter.
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As part of the Yale Alumni Fund’s Eli Days, students in the Graduate School came together to express their heartfelt gratitude to the alumni who support their academic journeys. The Graduate School Alumni fund raised a staggering $2.2 million from 2,355 volunteers last year.
