“Just as the composition of our faculty and the diversity of our student body have changed, our approach to teaching must continue to evolve as well,” said President Peter Salovey during his 2013 inaugural address.
Over the last 18 months, four female...
Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, Anna Marie Pyle, Daniel Spielman, and Ruth Bernard Yeazell were appointed as Sterling Professors.
Christakis, a sociologist and physician who conducts research in the areas of network science, biosocial science, and public...
Over the course of 2018, YaleNews published more than 1,200 stories — from news of awards and honors to groundbreaking discoveries, campus events, Q&As, student and faculty profiles, book publications, videos, and more. Many of these stories marked a...
When science writer Harriet A. Washington first set out to study toxins in the environment, she was discouraged from focusing on topics of race and socioeconomic status. After all, recent studies have found that 95% of people have been exposed to and...
Jeffrey Brock, Joanne B. Freeman, and Catherine Panter-Brick were appointed to endowed professorships.
Brock, named as the Zhao and Ji Professor of Mathematics, focuses his research on low-dimensional geometry and topology, particularly hyperbolic...
Putting together a list of top Yale stories for any year can be a daunting task — especially when you have more than 1,600 to choose from (that’s how many we published on YaleNews in 2019) and when each documents something about Yale that makes us proud....