James Shulman (BA 1987; PhD 1993, Renaissance Studies) was recently appointed a senior fellow-in-residence at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where he works on topics that include high-impact philanthropy, the future of liberal arts colleges, and... read more
Moira Weigel (Comparative Literature) is writing a dissertation on “The Life of Nature in an Age of Celluloid: Animal Media Theory 1889–1951,” advised by Dudley Andrew and Katie Trumpener, but she just published a book on a very different topic:... read more
Goran Micevic (PhD 2016, Pathology) and Durga Thakral, both enrolled in Yale’s MD/PhD program, were selected to receive Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The fellowships honor and support the graduate education of 30 new Americans... read more
Annette Thomas (PhD 1993, Biology) has been elected to serve as an Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation for a six-year term, commencing July 1, 2016. The Yale Corporation is the governing board and policy-making body for the university.
Thomas is... read more
Nancy E. Brune (Ph.D. 2006, Political Science) was appointed recently by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In that role, she will advise the President and the U.S.... read more
Adele Plunkett (PhD 2015, Astronomy) has won the Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, given by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. The NRAO is a facility of the National Science... read more
Scott Barry Kaufman (Ph.D. 2009, Psychology) is interested in what makes people thrive, in general, and in particular, what makes them creative. He teaches “Introduction to Positive Psychology” at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is... read more
Sharmila Majumdar (Ph.D. 1987, Engineering and Applied Science), professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been awarded the 2016 Gold Medal... read more
The Online Education Committee and Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) awarded Digital Education Innovation (DEI) Grants to ten graduate students to support projects that use digital and/or online platforms as teaching tools. Projects were... read more
Graduate Mentor Awards Given at Convocation
This year, the Graduate Mentor Award selection committee reviewed 177 letters of nomination and chose to honor Professor of Psychology John (Jack) Dovidio, Professor of English Roberta Frank, and... read more
Every year, the Graduate School celebrates three faculty members — one each from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences — for their extraordinary mentorship. This year, the award selection committee received 177 letters of nomination... read more
In July, Rahul Prasad (1987 PhD, Engineering & Applied Science) will become the first alumnus of the Graduate School to chair the AYA Board of Governors.
In 2002, when Prasad returned to campus to attend his very first GSAA meeting,... read more
“Embedding Diversity in the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Academy” was the theme of the thirteenth Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education in early April. Approximately 200 graduate students from 25 colleges and... read more
Peter French (PhD 1969, International Relations) was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghana in March for his “half century of service to Africa and service to the University of Ghana in particular.”
Kofi Annan, Chancellor of... read more
The Graduate School created new opportunities this year for students to acquire professional experience beyond teaching while they are at Yale. Beginning in the fall, qualified students in their teaching years were invited to apply for positions in... read more
