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Students Become Stronger Job Candidates by Learning to Teach Online

February 3, 2014

“According to the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, 49 percent of academic job postings now ask for digital teaching experience,” says Sara Ronis (Judaic Studies). Sara spoke at a program hosted by the University Committee... read more

Volunteers Help Local Kids Stretch Their Minds at New Haven Reads

February 3, 2014

“I am amazed that something as simple as reading and writing with a child for an hour a week could lead to significantly better literacy skills and thus a higher chance at academic success going forward,” says Anna Chase (Molecular... read more

Alumni Celebrate 2013 Yale Medal Recipients from GSAS: Richard C. Levin and Jane Levin

December 10, 2013

Graduate School alumni gathered for the annual Yale Medal celebration in October. The Yale Medal, the highest award presented by the Association of Yale Alumni, honors outstanding service to the University. This year, former Yale President Richard... read more

Alumna with the ‘Best Job in Journalism’ Credits Yale for Launching her Career

December 9, 2013

When Betsy Sullivan (BA 1974, MA 1976, Russian and Eastern European Studies) applied for her first job in journalism after graduating from Yale, she was in competition with 300 applicants who all wanted to be a file clerk for The Inter... read more

Americanists from Three Academic Departments Convene Reunion Conference

December 9, 2013

The reunion conference, “Interdisciplinary Americas: the Legacies of African American Studies, American Studies, and History at Yale,” held on campus in November, “was stupendous,” says Joanne Meyerowitz, chair of American Studies. “It... read more

Culture and Literature — from European Classics to Contemporary China

December 9, 2013

Beth Harper (Comparative Literature) has taken a leave of absence from Yale this year to study Mandarin, even though, as she freely admits, “My project has nothing at all to do with Chinese, but I love learning new languages.” As befits a... read more

Lots of Good Reasons and Great Places to Volunteer in New Haven

December 9, 2013

Choosing a place to volunteer in New Haven is easy, says McDougal Graduate Student Life Public Service Fellow Edward (Ted) Schmid (Immunobiology). “There are wonderful opportunities for volunteering on or near campus that are particularly... read more

Alumnus Joins Startup Company to Develop Cancer-fighting Drugs

November 12, 2013

H3 Biomedicine, which chemistry alumnus Gregg Keaney joined as sixth employee, now occupies 48,000 square feet of brand-new lab space in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has 70 workers, and gets $200 million in research funding from Eisai, a global... read more

Career Development Peer Groups for Science Students Start This Month

November 12, 2013

The Career Development Peer Groups (CDPG) program for science students was created by Rebecca (Becky) Delventhal (Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology), who is now a Career Services fellow. This is the third time Becky is running... read more

Four Alumni to Join the Distinguished Ranks of Wilbur Cross Medalists

November 12, 2013

Fredric Jameson, Alan M. Lambowitz, Theodore Lowi, and Annette Thomas will receive the Graduate School’s Wilbur Cross Medal at a celebratory dinner on October 15. Earlier that day, each honoree will present a talk and meet with faculty... read more

Graduate School Assembly Update

November 11, 2013

The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) continues its work to improve the graduate school experience for Yale students living and working in New Haven. After last spring’s elections, the Assembly grew to 88 members for the 2013-2014 academic... read more

Mixing It Up with the Nobel Laureates in Lindau

November 11, 2013

Stafford (Staff) Sheehan took a break from his research on synthetic photosynthesis to attend this past summer’s Lindau Meeting in Germany. His adventure started in Washington, D.C., where he and 72 other members of the U.S. delegation... read more

Putting Talent and Energy to Work for the New Haven Community

November 11, 2013

This fall’s Yale Day of Service took place on Saturday, October 5. More than a third of the participants were graduate students, who were joined by professional school students, undergraduates, postdocs, faculty, staff, and assorted friends... read more

Graduate School Assembly Update

September 12, 2013

The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) continues its work to improve the graduate school experience for Yale students living and working in New Haven. After last spring’s elections, the Assembly grew to 88 members for the 2013-2014 academic... read more

Kudos

September 10, 2013

Out of nearly 600 applicants for Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, only 22 students were selected. Two of them are at Yale. Lang Chen (Religious Studies) is working on a dissertation tentatively titled “... read more