The Graduate School has created lunch programs to encourage informal communication between students and faculty. Two programs support mentoring and teaching - Meals for Mentoring [M4M] for students and faculty mentors, and FEAST for Teaching Fellows/PTAIs and their faculty course supervisors. GSAS also offers the chance for students to join Dean Cooley for lunch and informal conversation several times each term. Enrollment takes place once at the start of each term. See details below for each program.
Meals for Mentoring [M4M]
- Café Med (Medical area)
- Steep Café (Science Hill)
- Schwarzman Center Commons (excludes Elm, The Bow Wow, The Well, and Ivy)
- Slifka Center for Jewish Life
- West Campus
- Residential college dining hall (with ID access)
FEAST for Teaching
- Café Med (Medical area)
- Steep Café (Science Hill)
- Schwarzman Center Commons (excludes Elm, The Bow Wow, The Well, and Ivy)
- Slifka Center for Jewish Life
- West Campus
- Residential college dining hall (with ID access)
Dine with the Dean
This program offers students the opportunity to meet and have lunch with the Dean of Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. it is a great opportunity for students to ask important questions, seek advice, or express areas of concern directly to the Dean. Students who are selected to attend will be contacted with additional information.