John Fabian Witt, newly appointed as the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law, is a specialist in the history of American law and in torts.He is the author of “Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law,” which explores law and...
Noted economist Raghuram G. Rajan will deliver the 2010 Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture on Thursday, March 25.Rajan will discuss “Is It Over Yet? The Deeper Underpinnings of the Crisis,” 4-5:30 p.m. in Rm. 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1...
Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church and in the worldwide Anglican Communion, is the 2010 Luccock Visitor at Yale Divinity School.Harris will deliver a talk titled “Re-visioning the Church” on Wednesday,...
The internationally-renowned Yale CEO Leadership Summit will hold its first global program in New Delhi, India on November 5 and 6, 2009. Leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society from across the United States, Europe, and India will...
Former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, currently serving as legal adviser of the U.S. Department of State, will be back on campus the weekend of Oct. 16-18 to accept the Yale Law School Association’s Award of Merit during Alumni Weekend 2009.Koh...
Lectures on the “sound of the sermon” and music by a father-daughter duo featuring one of the Indigo Girls will be among the events highlighting the annual Yale Divinity School Convocation and Reunions, to be held Monday-Thursday, Oct. 12-15.This year’s...
Six scholars whose research interests range from international trade to issues affecting global health and demography have recently joined the Department of Economics faculty.Below are brief biographies of the new faculty members.David Atkin, whose...
Yale Law School graduate Sonia Sotomayor ’79 made history today when she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 111th justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. She is the first Hispanic ever to sit on the Supreme Court and the third woman. Yale Law School...
Willis Jenkins, newly reappointed as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, focuses his research on environmental ethics, sustainable communities, global ethics and theological ethicsHis appointment is through June 30, 2012.Jenkins, who...
A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 17, for Robin Siegel Theurkauf, a lecturer in political science, who died on July 10 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 51.The service will take place at 11 a.m. at Marquand Chapel at the Divinity...