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A Prize-Winning Study of Environmental and Technology History

August 6, 2018

In a world increasingly defined by the catastrophic collision of technology and the environment, some historical perspective is helpful. Camille Cole’s Joel A. Tarr Prize winning paper, “Precarious Empires: A Social and Environmental History of... read more

Remembering Lincoln Brower, Ph.D. '57, Foremost Expert on the Monarch Butterfly

August 6, 2018

Lincoln Brower, a major research scientist who studied monarch butterflies for decades, died on July 17 at his home in Roseland, Virginia. He was 86. Brower received his Ph.D. from Yale in Zoology in 1957. Over a career spanning six decades, he... read more

Thank You from Yale! Thanks to Your Giving!

July 16, 2018

Please take a minute (actually 56 seconds!) to view the video. Thanks to Dan Hebert, Kierstin Wesolowski, Kira Baum, Taylor Currie, Genevieve Brewer, and Devin Maloney for their terrific work in producing this year’s thank-you email and video and... read more

A Scientific Breakthrough on West Campus

June 29, 2018

Breakthroughs in synthetic biology verging on a complete revolution of the field are all in a day’s work for Karl Barber, who completed his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale in 2018. In recognition of his achievements, Barber was... read more

Where Do I Go from Yale? 2018: Managing Your Serendipity

June 27, 2018

“Where do I go from Yale?” On April 21, 2018 over a hundred current Yale College, graduate, and professional students met with dozens of Yale graduate school alumni in Linsly-Chittenden Hall to ask questions, share stories, and imagine answers to... read more

Catharine Bond Hill ’85 Ph.D., to serve as senior trustee, Yale Board of Trustees

June 22, 2018

Article was published in the YaleNews on June 21, 2018 The Yale Board of Trustees — known formally as the Yale Corporation — has named its next senior trustee and will welcome three new members on July 1. Catharine Bond Hill ’85 Ph.D. will serve as... read more

Yale PhD leads to Whale Conservation

June 22, 2018

This article was published in the Westport News by Sophie Vaughan on Friday, June 22, 2018 Meet your neighbor…Whale conservation biologist Howard Rosenbaum In the year after he graduated Hamilton College, Howard Rosenbaum traveled the world — to... read more

Congratulations and welcome to the inaugural West Campus McDougal Fellows team!

June 21, 2018

Congratulations and welcome to the inaugural West Campus McDougal Fellows team! We’re excited to announce that Phu Khat Nwe (far left, from the Crawford Lab) Courtney Smith (second left, Lemmon Lab), and Meaghan Sullivan (far right, Simon Lab) will... read more

Welcome New GSAS Students!

June 11, 2018

Welcome New Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GSAS) students - entering Fall 2018! We are very excited that you are joining our community of scholars and leaders this fall. We look forward to meeting you in person and to sharing your... read more

Yale study tracks Title IX use across U.S. colleges and universities

June 1, 2018

YaleNews Article, By Bess Connolly Martell, June 1, 2018 Title IX — the U.S. civil rights law passed in 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs — has been widely recognized as a crucial step toward gender... read more

One Ph.D.’s Journey from Thomas Jefferson to Latinx Literature

May 31, 2018

Edgar Garcia is currently the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago, but his academic career took some unexpected turns along the way. When he arrived at the Yale English department, he... read more

STEM Ph.D. Students Find Opportunities in IP Law

May 31, 2018

When Yale science Ph.D. students consider careers outside of academia, they usually bring their talents to tech companies, pharmaceutical companies, or consulting firms. Yet a local Connecticut law firm is launching Ph.D. students in the natural... read more

Yale Alumni Association Congratulations New Graduates!

May 31, 2018

Congratulations new graduate – and welcome to the Yale Alumni community! One of the great things about Yale is that, while you may leave New Haven and embark on future careers, further studies, and all the other journeys of a long, interesting... read more

Honoring GSAS Graduate Mentors

May 29, 2018

On May 20, the Graduate School Assembly and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences presented Graduate Mentor Awards to three leading faculty advisors, representing the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Every year, the selection... read more

By the Numbers

May 24, 2018

This year, the GSAS awarded a total of 1,298 degrees, including PhDs, MPhil, and Master’s degrees. Some students were granted more than one degree at Commencement. Graduate School degrees are awarded twice each year, at Commencement in May and in... read more