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Thanksgiving break, travel clarifications and gratitude

November 16, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Chairs, DGSs, registrars In this message: Thanksgiving break, travel clarifications and gratitude November 16, 2020 Dear graduate students, We are approaching a well-earned Thanksgiving break from November 21-... read more

Childcare Support Extension

November 9, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Chairs, DGSs, Registrars In this message: Childcare support extension Dear graduate students, Caring for children or other family members is an added challenge in these already very difficult times. Our... read more

Upcoming Grad Family Events and Backup Care/Crisis Care Reminder

November 9, 2020

Fall Events & Resource Reminders for GSAS Students with Children This Fall you can meet parents and get resources for your Family: Nov. 9-13 - Meetups with other Grad Parents at Virtual Coffee Breaks time this week  signup and get link on Yale... read more

Election week support and guidance

November 2, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Chairs, DGSs, registrars In this message:  Election week guidance Dear graduate students, An election is an opportunity for change, and a chance to exercise your civic right to vote, hard-won for many of us... read more

‘Harvard vs. Yale’ takes on new meaning with voter challenge

October 27, 2020

Yale’s graduate students have a history of competing with their colleagues at Harvard. Now they can add exercising their civic rights to the long-standing rivalry. Part voter drive and part mixer, the Harvard-Yale Votes Challenge motivates... read more

Teaching during election week

October 26, 2020

In a year marked by unprecedented disruptions due to COVID-19, we now approach the final weeks before a presidential election. Both students and instructors may be feeling increased anxiety during these divisive times. The Poorvu Center offers... read more

Student Spotlight: Emmanuella Asabor, MD-PhD

October 16, 2020

Exposing the fault lines of racial inequity through pandemic research By Cody Musselman Earlier this spring when the coronavirus spread across the globe and evolved into a full-scale pandemic, many graduate students at Yale switched the focus of... read more

Alert Level Yellow

October 15, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Department Chairs, Registrars In this message: Return to yellow alert level and how that affects graduate students. Dear graduate students, By now you will have received a message from Stephanie Spangler... read more

An Update on Diversity in the Graduate School

October 14, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Department Chairs, Registrars In this message: A summary of GSAS diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts including updates on initiatives, statistics, and links to further information. Dear... read more

GSAS Fall Term Reminders and Spring Term Schedule

October 7, 2020

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Department Chairs, Registrars In this message: Follow-up to President Salovey and Provost Strobel's message, with information especially for graduate students Dear graduate students, Last night, President... read more

GSAA sponsors “A Conversation with the Deans"

October 1, 2020

Hundreds of Graduate School alumni participated in a live “Conversation with the Deans” yesterday via Zoom. The event, hosted by the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA), included an introduction by GSAA Chair James Shulman ’87, ’93 PhD and... read more

Yale Talk podcast with President Salovey "Sustaining Yale’s research mission during the COVID-19 pandemic"

September 17, 2020

Yale Talk podcast with President Salovey, Diondra Dilworth, and Chris Londa Reprinted from the Office of the President Preparations for this extraordinary academic year have been like no other. While implementing innovative teaching methods and... read more

CAS Affiliate Marius Kothor Receives Three National Fellowships for Dissertation Research

September 16, 2020

Yale Macmillan Center Council on African Studies Article reposted  Marius Kothor, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History and CAS Graduate Affiliate has been awarded the Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) by the... read more

REIMAGINING DINOSAURS PREHISTORIC ICONS GET A MODERN REBOOT

September 16, 2020

Reprinted from National Geographic Scientists have learned more about the ancient animals in the last 25 years than in the previous 250—from the color of their skin and feathers to how they lived and evolved. BY MICHAEL GRESHKO PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAOLO... read more

Yale team unearths COVID-19 testing protocol using sewage

September 14, 2020

Yale News Article Tamar Geller 11:31 pm, Sep 14, 2020 Staff Reporter Reprinted Yale scientists have discovered an unconventional method to test for COVID-19 at a large scale. The key lies in your sewage. Professor of Chemical and Environmental... read more