To signal the Graduate School’s deep commitment to effective and empathetic student guidance, Graduate Mentor Awards are awarded at Convocation.
Lauren Tilton (American Studies), chair of the Graduate Student Assembly, presented this year... read more
At Convocation in the HGS Courtyard on Sunday, May 19, more than 50 students were recognized for their outstanding academic accomplishments, research, and service to Yale and the community. Three extraordinary faculty members received the... read more
Nora Kory (Cell Biology) has won a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to study how cells metabolize fat to generate energy. This process is important to understand, because when it doesn’t work properly, it can lead to... read more
Student-run colloquia at the Graduate School – variously called brown bag lunches, forums, working groups, workshops, or reading groups – are an outstanding way for future faculty members to get experience organizing scholarly events.... read more
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
