Vice President and General Counsel Dorothy K. Robinson has named Richard Jacob, director of federal relations of the University, to the position of assistant vice president for federal relations, effective October 1. As such, Mr. Jacob will represent...
A recent press release announcing this year’s Yale Divinity School Coffin-Forsberg Fellows misstated the professional title of one of the award recipients. Thomas Ficklin is CEO and editor-in-chief of “Inner City,” a weekly newspaper focusing on the...
Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center – WHC – will hold a conference on the work of philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin on Friday, Sept. 26, and Saturday, Sept. 27. The program, titled “Angelus Novus: Perspectives on Walter Benjamin...
The following items list recent accomplishments by Yale University faculty and staff: Karl K. Turekian of North Haven, the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Geology and Geophysics, recently received the Maurice K. Ewing Medal for significant original...
With the opening of the 1997-98 academic year, 137 new students were welcomed to the Yale Divinity School on the historic Sterling Divinity Quadrangle. Guy Martin, associate dean of admissions, notes that the new class is unusually diverse, including...
By the time they’ve completed their first week on campus, a large group of Yale College freshmen will know the historic neighborhoods, ethnic restaurants, and opportunities for community service awaiting them in the city that will be their home for the...
The 1950s in France were years of creative, intellectual, and political ferment. The recent past of the Nazi Occupation, the ongoing struggles for independence in Algeria and Indochina, the onset of the Cold War, and the promises and threats of...
Yale University’s telescope high in the Andes Mountains of Chile received a new lease on life recently when Yale agreed to form a consortium with Ohio State University, the University of Lisbon in Portugal, and the National Optical Astronomy...
Yale University is poised to enjoy its first year without a budget deficit since 1991, according to the budget for 1997-1998. The balanced operating budget – the result of a long-range plan formulated in 1992 for whittling away the deficit and achieving...
CIRA Will Involve Six of Yale’s Professional Schools With Initial Focus on Connecticut Teens, Women, Drug Users New Haven, CT – Yale University has received a $10.8-million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National...