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From Student to Leader

March 7, 2019

From a pioneer of Yale’s environmental engineering program to Drexel’s new dean (originally printed in Yale Engineering magazine 2018-2019) Earlier this year, Sharon L. Walker, Ph.D. was named Drexel University’s new dean of the College of... read more

The MacMillan Center announces fellowships for language study

February 25, 2019

Yale MacMillan Center Monday, February 25, 2019 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale will offer fellowships to students for language study beginning in Summer 2019. The MacMillan Center Summer Language... read more

My time in New Haven: The journey and experience of a woman at Yale before women at Yale

January 23, 2019

Yale Alumni By Christine Curtis | Posted January 23, 2019 I attended Yale undergraduate classes from 1963 to 1965, the only woman in my classes. This was before Yale officially admitted women, and as such, I was not an official student, though I... read more

Yale scientists open up new world for biologics — inside the cell

January 21, 2019

YaleNews By Bill Hathaway   January 4, 2019 The vast majority of top-selling drugs are biologics — also known as proteins. Proteins are used today to treat many debilitating diseases, including arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and several forms of... read more

President Harris Pastides, Ph.D. to retire from University of South Carolina.

January 17, 2019

Article in Columbia Metropolitan, USC’s Challenges, Climate, and Future, Sitting down with Dr. Harris Pastides, By Henry Clay President Harris Pastides, Ph.D., has led the University of South Carolina through a 10-year period of great challenges... read more

Stanley Insler, long-serving faculty member and scholar of Sanskrit

January 9, 2019

Article in YaleNews In Memoriam, January 9, 2019 Stanley Insler, the Edward E. Salisbury Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at Yale, died on Jan. 5 at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was 82. Insler was considered to be the... read more

Grad School Alum Wins Tanaka Award for Work on Dark Matter

January 4, 2019

As an undergraduate majoring in Physics at the University of Chicago, Ben Brubaker realized he was fascinated with the big questions unique to the field. “Questions like: what is the nature of dark matter?” Brubaker said. “The more you learn about... read more

Congratulating Yale Graduate School’s Prize Teaching Fellows

December 14, 2018

Vital to their journey as graduate students at Yale, most doctoral candidates take on the challenge to serve as Teaching Fellows or Part-Time Acting Instructors during their time at the Graduate School. For those who excel at teaching, their... read more

Graduate Students Hold Relax and Chill Holiday Toy Drive

December 11, 2018

The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA), the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS), the Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity (OGSDD), and the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project (YUPP), recently hosted a holiday gift/toy drive... read more

Studying Science, from the Elm City to the South Pole

November 20, 2018

Most scientists will never have the opportunity to travel to the South Pole for their research, but then again, most scientists aren’t Faustin Carter (PhD ’15). Carter works as a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory in the High... read more

Yale lab earns a top prize for its latest scientific visualization

November 9, 2018

Article in YaleNews by Jim Shelton, November 7, 2018 Daniel Smith, a graduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, assistant professor and assistant curator in geology and geophysics, have won a 2018... read more

GSA launches “Relax and Chill”

October 10, 2018

Article in YaleNews by Carly Wanna 2:28 am, Oct 08, 2018, Staff Reporter Graduate students of a variety of disciplines united in the Watson Center on Sunday to socialize with their peers, enjoy free food and drinks, partake in yoga and, simply, “... read more

Yale Grad Works on Financial Reforms in Egypt

October 10, 2018

Where can a Yale graduate education take you? Anywhere in the world! Consider the example of Abigail Olvera, who earned her Master’s degree in Global Affairs in 2014. While at Yale, she focused on private sector growth in developing countries and... read more

2018 Wilbur Cross Medalists Talks

October 2, 2018

2018 Wilbur Cross Medalists Talks

2018 Ph.D. graduate claims “Studying History is Vital to Peace and Nation Building”

September 24, 2018

As the first African-Canadian male and the first Ghanaian-born scholar, as well as one of the first Africans overall, to earn a doctorate from the Yale Department of History, Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (Ph.D. ’18) has special insight into the... read more