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Yale Club of San Francisco discusses Women’s Rights under Trump

March 2, 2018

On Thursday, November 16, 2017, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences co-sponsored a panel discussion in San Francisco, California organized by the Yale Club of San Francisco. The panel discussion, entitled “The Future of Women’s Rights... read more

State Troopers, Mass Incarceration and the Civil Rights Movement

March 1, 2018

When Justin Randolph transferred from an Alabama community college to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he thought he knew exactly what he would do with his life and his education. “I was going to become a physician,” he said with a... read more

An International Perspective in the Elm City

February 27, 2018

When Darya Smirnova, originally from Odessa, Ukraine, and educated at St. Andrews University in the U.K., arrived at Yale, she wondered if all of her international experiences had prepared her for the rigors of graduate study. “At St. Andrews,... read more

Yale dog psychology research offers glimpse into what our dogs might be thinking

February 21, 2018

New Haven Register By Clare Dignan Updated 12:34 pm, Monday, February 19, 2018 NEW HAVEN — Leila Martinez, 8, knows her dog Barry loves her. She knows what his favorites toys are and when he wants to play because he can talk to her, she said.... read more

3-MInute Thesis Competition

January 24, 2018

The 3-Minute Thesis competition challenges Yale PhD students to clearly and compellingly describe their thesis to a broad audience - in 3 minutes! By preparing a successful presentation, students will develop a key professional asset that is just... read more

Classicist to Creative Strategist

January 18, 2018

The literature and rhetoric of ancient Greece and Rome might seem worlds away from the high-tech world of digital marketing, but that doesn’t mean the Classics have nothing to tell us about contemporary business problems. Just ask Michael Zimm (Ph... read more

From left to right: Michael Tom ’83 M.D., vice chairman of the Yale Alumni Fund board, Jocelyn Kane, managing director of the Yale Alumni Fund, Jack Thomas ’80, Roni Beth Tower ’77 M.S., ’80 Ph.D., Shana Katz Ross ’00, ’06 MBA, Lynn Andrewsen ’82, senior director, engagement and campaign initiatives, and Thomas Leatherbury ’76, ’79 J.D., chairman of the Yale Alumni Fund. Not pictured: Caroline Tanbee Smith ’14. (Photo by Tony Fiorini)

Yale Alumni Fund recognizes ‘exemplary’ alumni

January 11, 2018

The Yale Alumni Fund honored four individuals with Chairman’s Awards during the combined Association of Yale Alumni Assembly & Yale Alumni Fund Convocation event. The awards, which recognize exemplary fundraising volunteers, were conferred... read more

One Graduate’s Story – Preparing for a Unique Career Path

December 13, 2017

Matthew Tanico (PhD 2017, Spanish and Renaissance Studies) has embarked on the first-step of his career as a Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University. He joined the Spanish and Portuguese department in early September, but also continues... read more

Message from the Dean, Yale GSAS: New Conference Travel Funding

December 8, 2017

It is with great pleasure that I write to announce a substantial increase in the amount of funding available for conference travel from two new sources. First, the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale has... read more

Exploring Sociology through Humor and Storytelling

November 27, 2017

When Adam Valen Levinson came to Yale to begin his Ph.D. in Sociology, he was already doing something most young scholars only begin after they complete their doctorates: preparing his first book for publication. The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah (W.W.... read more

Beilinson and Zakiniaeiz lead world’s only student-run scientific journal

October 31, 2017

When Helen Beilinson GRD ’20 was five years old and her mother asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, the young girl responded, “a grad student.” Today, Beilinson is not only a fourth-year graduate student in immunology at Yale, but one of... read more

Grad Group Fosters Community

October 24, 2017

Dissertation writing in the humanities is often a solitary process, spent in libraries and other lonely study spots. But this summer, the Graduate School of Arts and Science’s new three-year Writing-in-residence Dissertation Working Group pilot... read more

Yale Graduate School honors four alumni with Wilbur Cross Medals

October 24, 2017

The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded Wilbur Cross Medals — the school’s highest honor — to four alumni on Tuesday, Oct. 24. This year’s honorees are: economist Douglas W. Diamond ’80 Ph.D., feminist scholar Donna J. Haraway ’72 Ph.... read more

Ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in celebration of the McDougal Center's temporary home in Founders Hall.

Free coffee is just one new amenity in the McDougal Center’s interim space

October 20, 2017

Amanda Lerner, a Ph.D. student in Slavic languages and literatures, enjoys the McDougal Graduate Student Center’s new temporary home at 135 Prospect St. because it’s a quiet place for her work, while also allowing her to grab a lunch from one of... read more

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Betsy Levy Paluck, and Dawoud Bey

Three Yale alumni are recipients of MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

October 12, 2017

Three Yale alumni — visual artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby (M.F.A. 2011), photographer Dawoud Bey (M.F.A. 1993), and psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck (B.S. 2000 and Ph.D. 2007) — are among the 24 individuals who have been named 2017 MacArthur Fellows... read more

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