News

Reminder to report vaccination status

July 9, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Reminder to document your vaccination by August 1 Dear graduate students, I am writing to remind you that all students must fulfill the COVID-19 vaccination... read more

New masking and distancing requirements for Summer 2021

July 6, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: New masking and distancing requirements affecting graduate students Dear graduate students, You may have seen the revised masking and distancing protocols sent in last... read more

Guggenheim curator Ashley James, sees ‘a certain kind of possibility’ in new role

June 24, 2021

Some of the article below is reprinted from NBC News By Julianne McShane The famed museum's first Black full-time curator makes her mark with an exhibit confronting the way history is preserved and told. Ashley James always had a tendency to... read more

GSAS Staff Updates

June 18, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Registrars In this message: GSAS staff announcements: new Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Life Matthew Tanico, promotions for Jennifer Mendelsohn to Director of the McDougal Graduate Student Center and... read more

Modified travel and outdoor gathering policies

June 10, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Graduate student travel notifications no longer required; pre-packaged food allowed at outdoor gatherings Dear graduate students, I am glad to share two updates... read more

Gratitude

June 8, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Chairs, DGSs, registrars In this message: Gratitude for our community’s support of graduate students during the pandemic. As we transition from a very challenging academic year to summer research and vacations... read more

Why Choose Yale Graduate School?

May 28, 2021

Graduate school is the place to examine life's most challenging questions develop as a scholar produce new knowledge at the cutting edge of your discipline join a lively, welcoming, and diverse intellectual community prepare for a successful... read more

Commencement 2021 Meet the Class Marshals: Lucy Armentano and Stephen Gaughran

May 21, 2021

It is our pleasure to introduce our 2021 Student Marshals, Lucy Armentano and Stephen Gaughran for Commencement 2021 this year. Student Marshals and Banner Bearers are a select group of student leaders, chosen by the Graduate School deans, to lead... read more

Last-minute Commencement reminders

May 20, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Last-minute Commencement reminders Dear graduate students, I hope you are looking forward to Commencement this Sunday, May 23 at 10 a.m. By all reports, Old Campus is... read more

2021 G&P Porter and Field Prize Winners

May 19, 2021

Reprinted from the  Office of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life In this short video, Bench Ansfield (American Studies), Stefano Daniele (Neuroscience), and Zuri Sullivan (Immunobiology) speak to their prizewinning dissertations.... read more

Announcing the 2021 Graduate Mentor Awards

April 26, 2021

The Graduate Mentor Award recognizes faculty members who are exceptional in fostering the intellectual, professional, and personal development of their students. It is the University's principal award for superb teaching, advising and mentoring of... read more

Registration and health and safety guidance for students attending commencement

April 23, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Registration and health and safety guidance for students attending commencement Dear graduate students, I write in anticipation of our 2021 Graduate School Commencement... read more

The Derek Chauvin trial verdicts

April 21, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Responding to the Chauvin trial verdicts; related campus events. Dear graduate students, With the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial yesterday, we can feel... read more

Yale Law School Teach-In Series

April 20, 2021

Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Policing, and the Derek Chauvin Trial Yale Law School invites the Yale University community to a virtual teach-in series.  Each panel discussion will feature YLS experts in the fields of racial justice, criminal... read more

Fall 2021 and the student vaccine requirement

April 19, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: COVID vaccination required for Fall 2021 Dear graduate students, President Salovey and Provost Strobel just announced that all students coming to campus for the fall... read more