Yale chemistry lecturer Iona Black has received the Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) for her contributions to the education of chemistry and chemical engineering students. The...
Six faculty members named as outstanding teachers were honored with special awards at the Yale College Senior Class Day program on Sunday, May 21. The teachers were nominated by undergraduates to receive the Yale College Prizes for Distinguished...
Two Yale seniors who represent the ideals of “sportsmanship and Yale tradition” were presented athletic awards by Thomas A. Beckett, director of athletics, at the Yale College Senior Class Day exercises. Heather Bentley received the Nellie Pratt Elliot...
The Yale Physicians Building (YPB), the medical office building of the Yale Faculty Practice, has been designated as a New Haven Art Space and will feature exhibits by Yale faculty and staff, as well as artists from greater New Haven. Phase I of the...
Yale faculty members William Eskridge Jr., Harold H. Koh, George Lindbeck, Annabel Patterson, Claude Rawson, Ian Shapiro and Ivan Szelenyi are among the new fellows voted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Election to the AAAS “...
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. dedicated the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV) on May 8 at Yale’s Child Study Center. Funded by the Department of Justice, the NCCEV will provide training and technical assistance...
Funeral services for William N. Parker, emeritus professor of economics and American Studies at Yale University, were held in Battell Chapel at Yale on May 5. Professor Parker died on April 29. He was the Phillip G. Bartlett Professor Emeritus of...
Every spring since 1967, first-year students at the Yale School of Architecture have put down their pencils and picked up hammers to build a house from foundation to roof, from framing to trim. Excavation began on May 1 for the hands-on student project...
Four distinguished alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were awarded Wilbur Lucius Cross Medals at the Graduate School Convocation in the courtyard of the Hall of Graduate Studies on May 21. This year’s honorees are James G. Arthur (Ph.D...
At Yale University’s 299th Commencement today, 2,779 degrees were conferred, plus 255 awarded provisionally to students of the Law School. All figures are subject to change. The breakdown is as follows: HONORARY DEGREES: 10 YALE COLLEGE Bachelor of...