At a hearing of Governor John Rowland’s Bond Commission today in Hartford, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History was awarded a $250,000 grant for installation of an environmental cooling system for the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, one of Connecticut’...
A portrait of President George H. W. Bush – Class of 1948 – will be presented to Yale University on Friday, May 29, on the occasion of the 50th reunion of his graduating class. The presentation will take place in University Commons Dining Hall adjacent...
His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree at Yale University’s 297th Commencement on May 25. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 270th successor to the...
The Graduate School’s John Addison Porter Prize was presented to two students this year at Commencement. The prize was established in 1872 by the Kingsley Trust Association – The Scroll and Key Society – in honor of Professor John Addison Porter. It is...
Five distinguished alumni of Yale University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will be honored at Commencement with Wilbur Lucius Cross Medals for outstanding achievement in their professional lives. These awards, the highest honors issued by the...
At Yale University’s 297th Commencement today, 2,989 degrees were conferred, including 216 awarded provisionally to members of the Law School. These figures are subject to change. The breakdown is as follows: HONORARY DEGREES: 9 YALE COLLEGE...
Yale scientists report they have synthesized molecules like those that probably gave rise to the earliest life forms on Earth nearly 4 billion years ago, thus creating a biochemist’s version of “Jurassic Park” populated by exotic molecular “fossils”...
Entertainer Lena Horne was one of nine distinguished individuals awarded honorary degrees today at Yale University Commencement ceremonies. She received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Other honorary degree recipients were His All Holiness...
Yale scientists report they have synthesized molecules like those that probably gave rise to the earliest life forms on Earth nearly 4 billion years ago, thus creating a biochemist’s version of “Jurassic Park” populated by exotic molecular “fossils”...
Since the first Yale commencement in 1702, certain distinguished persons selected by the Yale Corporation have received honorary degrees. The Provost announces the name of each recipient, the Senior Marshal and Corporation Marshal place a hood over the...
