The amount of data flowing into the university increases on a daily basis. Advanced technology such as the university’s new Krios cryo-electron microscope and facilities like the Yale Center for Genome Analysis have the capacity to produce vast... read more
Amy Zhang (PhD 2016, Anthropology, Forestry & Environmental Studies) is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Her research explores the development of urban infrastructure and how it... read more
The Graduate School and the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) are pleased to announce the selection of eleven courses for next year’s Associates in Teaching (AT) program. Through the AT program, PhD students and faculty members team-teach... read more
Lucy Caplan (African American Studies, American Studies) has had a very busy and successful year.
In March, she coordinated “The Arts in the Black Press During the Age of Jim Crow,” a symposium held at Yale. The conference brought together... read more
Meredith Startz (Economics) is one of eight graduate students selected to speak at the Review of Economic Studies meetings in May. Informally known as the “REStud Tour,” the Review selects “promising graduating doctoral students in economics and... read more
Mayesha Alam (Political Science) and Lorenzo Rakesh Sewanan (MD/PhD, Biomedical Engineering) have been awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. These are given annually to 30 outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants to... read more
Carol T. Christ (PhD 1970, English), former president of Smith College and a recipient of the Graduate School’s Wilbur Cross Medal, will become chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on July 1. She is the first woman to hold that ... read more
“There are great opportunities for graduate students in the new Yale Center for Teaching and Learning,” says Kaury Kucera, interim director for graduate and postdoctoral teaching development. Established in 2014 and originally housed in the Hall... read more
This year, the Graduate School introduced two new summer courses dedicated to applied research experience. These Continuing Practical Training (CPT) courses will facilitate doctoral student participation in summer internships and provide them with... read more
Only one hundred students across the U.S. and Canada were chosen to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the International Women’s Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) in recognition of their academic excellence. Seven of them are... read more
Monica Rosenberg (Psychology) has been selected by Forbes magazine as one of this year’s “30 under 30 in Science,” a list honoring outstanding scientists who represent “the brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers,” according to... read more
Elaine Guevara (Anthropology) studies the evolution and behavior of non-human primates, but not only by observing them in the wild. Her primary research explores the genetic basis of their traits. One recent project looked at whether Old World... read more
Eric R. Fossum (PhD 1984, Engineering and Applied Science) has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his invention of the “camera-on-a-chip” — technology that is used worldwide in industries that range from medical equipment... read more
The Graduate School has received a grant of $350,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a three-year pilot project called the “Writing-in-residence Dissertation Working Group.”
Inspired by the success of “Dissertation Boot Camps” (all-day... read more
After graduation in May, Chinweuba (Chuba) Ezekwesili (IDE) will go home to Nigeria to work at Akanka http://akanka.com, a company he and his twin brother Chine founded in January 2016.
“Akanka is a design agency that empowers brands through... read more
