Yale President Richard C. Levin announced today that Maya Lin has been elected the next Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation. Ms. Lin, a graduate of both Yale College and Yale’s Architecture School, will be the first artist to serve on the Yale...
Yale President Richard C. Levin has appointed biodiversity expert Michael J. Donoghue as the director of the University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and chair of...
Yale researchers have developed a synthetic peptide that promotes new nerve fiber growth in the damaged spinal cords of laboratory rats and allows them to walk better, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature. The finding could lead...
Using tampons and engaging in sexual activity appears to protect women against developing endometriosis, a painful condition that affects an estimated 10 million American women and often results in infertility, according to research by a Yale physician...
Two Yale researchers have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Jennifer A. Doudna, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and investigator at...
Two members of the Yale College Class of 2002 who have been active in the Yale and New Haven communities were awarded the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize during Senior Class Day ceremonies. Judith B. Krauss, chair of the Council of Masters Committee on...
Six faculty members named as outstanding teachers were honored at the Yale College Senior lass Day program on Sunday, May 26. The teachers were nominated by undergraduates to receive the Yale College Prizes for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and...
Two Yale seniors who represent the ideals of “sportsmanship and Yale tradition” and an athlete who has “shown spirit and courage” during her long recovery from a serious car accident were presented athletic awards by Thomas A. Beckett, director of...
At Yale University’s 301st Commencement today, 10 honorary doctorates and 2,625 earned degrees were conferred, including 237 that were awarded provisionally to students of the Law School. All figures are subject to change. The degrees were awarded as...
Three members of the Class of 2002 were presented David Everett Chantler Awards during Senior Class Day exercises at Yale on March 26. The Chantler Award is given to a graduating senior (or seniors) “who best exemplifies the qualities of courage,...