The 649 women and 649 men who make up the Yale College Class of 2005 will arrive on campus on Friday, August 31. The 1,298 members of the class were selected from among 14,809 applicants, a record number. This admittance rate of 13.8 percent, down from...
C. Norman Gillis, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, died on August 16 at age 68 in Boston. Recognized nationally as a specialist in pulmonary vascular disease and pharmacology, Gillis published...
Garry Brewer, an accomplished leader in the field of policy science with expertise in environmental management, has been appointed the Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor of Resource Policy and Management, jointly by the Yale School of Forestry &...
President Richard C. Levin today announced the appointment of Robert L. Culver as Vice President for Finance and Administration effective July 16. Culver, executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Cabot Corporation, was senior vice...
Distinguished financial manager Theodore P. Shen has joined the Yale Corporation as an alumni fellow. An alumni fellow is elected each year to a six-year term on Yale’s governing board in balloting by Yale graduates around the world. Widely recognized...
Retired Yale University sociology professor Jerome K. Myers, 79, died on May 7. Professor Myers was a pioneer, helping to establish and shape the fields of social psychiatry and medical sociology. He was principal investigator in a number of large-...
At Yale University’s 300th Commencement today, 12 honorary doctorates and 2,854 earned degrees were conferred, including 234 that were awarded provisionally to students of the Law School. All figures are subject to change. The degrees were awarded as...
Yale’s Class of ‘01 has less than one week before dispersing. Catherine Price, a member of that class, had an idea to commemorate the milestone: She asked many of her classmates to submit essays about what Yale meant to them and to say something about...
On May 21, Yale College will graduate 1,332 young men and women at a ceremony on Old Campus, including a 17-year-old who majored in both math and physics, a demolition expert who writes plays, and a rock musician who spends most of his spare time...
For the second year in a row, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has selected faculty members to honor for their exemplary mentoring of graduate students. This year’s winning faculty mentors are Daniel DiMaio, professor of genetics; John Mack...