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Bouchet Conference to Explore ‘Historicizing the Contemporary State of Diversity’

April 8, 2013

The Graduate School’s Office for Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO) will host “Then and Now: Historicizing the Contemporary State of Diversity in Higher Education” – this year’s Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education,... read more

Harvard Dean Named Next President of Smith College

April 8, 2013

Yale alumna Kathleen McCartney (PhD 1982, Psychology) will be the eleventh president of Smith College on July 1, replacing another Yale alumna, Carol T. Christ (PhD 1970, English), who has headed the college since 2002. McCartney is... read more

Helping Scientists Become Strong, Confident Writers in Graduate School

April 8, 2013

Scientists need to communicate effectively in order to share their research with colleagues, win fellowships and grants, and inform the general public. “To become successful scientists, students need to write, write regularly and with ease... read more

In the Company of Scholars Lecture Reconsiders the Life and Legacy of J. Edgar Hoover

February 5, 2013

“During Hoover’s forty-eight-year tenure, the FBI grew in responsibility and importance and achieved iconic status in both American political and popular culture,” Beverly Gage, professor of history, said in her January 22 “In the Company of... read more

Kudos

February 5, 2013

Baran Sarac (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science) won the 2012 Materials Research Society Best Poster Award for his presentation titled “Designing Tensile Ductility in BMGs through Artificial Microstructures.” Tensile ductility is the... read more

Students Gain Hands-on Professional Experience Running Scholarly Symposia

February 5, 2013

Scholarly gatherings are an important part of academic life. When experts in related fields come together to share their discoveries and exchange ideas, they motivate one another to think in new ways, keep current in their discipline, and... read more

Associates in Teaching Program Benefits Everyone Involved

February 4, 2013

Student instructors, faculty partners, and undergraduates all profit from the Associates in Teaching (AT) Program. Yale Teaching Center Director and Graduate School Assistant Dean Bill Rando, who runs the program, says that he is “... read more

Helping the World Bank’s Staff Communicate Across Diverse, International Cultures

February 4, 2013

Josebe Bilbao-Henry (PhD 1999, Philosophy) serves as the program manager for Language and Culture at the World Bank, a global non-profit resource that provides financial and technical assistance to developing nations. The organization... read more

From Watersheds to Urban Crime Reduction

December 10, 2012

“I have never been bored in sixteen years of work for the U.S. Forest Service,” says urban forester Morgan Grove (Yale BA 1987, MFS 1991, PhD 1996, Forestry and Environmental Studies). The term “urban forester” may sound like an oxymoron,... read more

Kudos

December 10, 2012

A team led by Monika Weber (Electrical Engineering) has won an Ambulatory Practice of the Future (APF) “Prize for Primary Healthcare.” APF, an initiative of Massachusetts General Hospital, awards $400,000 in prizes among ten finalists. All... read more

Leylan Fellows Focus on Fictional Dandies, Free Will, Opera, and Documentaries

December 10, 2012

Len Gutkin (English), Julia von Bodelschwingh (Philosophy, Religious Studies), Julia Doe (Music), and Josh Glick (Film Studies, American Studies) have all won Leylan Fellowships. Established in 1988 through a bequest from the estate of... read more

Workshop Explores Career Options Outside Academia for Science Students

December 10, 2012

Launching a career is a daunting challenge, one that all graduate students confront as they complete their degree requirements and look forward to life after Yale. Faced with options that include academia (either in faculty or non-... read more

“In the Company of Scholars” Lecture Focuses on Current American Politics

December 10, 2012

Political scientist Jacob Hacker says growing economic inequality in the U.S. has a negative impact on politics and policy. Jacob Hacker presented “Is American Politics Undermining the American Dream?” on December 3, as the first talk of... read more

Kudos

November 13, 2012

Rachel Scheinerman (Religious Studies) won the Mark and Ruth Luckens International Prize, awarded by the University of Kentucky for the best unpublished essay on a topic in any area of Jewish thought and culture by a graduate student or recent Ph.D... read more

Graduate School Honors Four Alumni with Wilbur Cross Medals

November 12, 2012

The Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the Graduate School’s highest honor, was awarded to four outstanding alumni on October 11 by the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA). This year’s medalists are John Aber (BS 1971; MFS 1973; PhD 1976,... read more