Gary B. Gorton, the inaugural Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor of Management and Finance, has done research in many areas of finance, examining such topics as the role of stock markets and banks, credit cycles, arbitrage pricing, commodity futures...
Andrew Metrick, newly named as the inaugural Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Corporate Governance, focuses his research and teaching on venture capital, private equity, corporate governance and decision-making under uncertainty.In his most recent...
The complex moral and legal issues surrounding the discussion of immigration policy in the United States will be examined at a symposium taking place on Thursday-Friday, April 2-3, at the Yale Law School.“Beyond Borders: Immigration Policy in the New...
The evolving form and function of libraries in the digital age will be considered at a symposium being hosted on Saturday, April 4, at the Yale Law School.The “Library 2.0 Symposium” is hosted by the Yale Information Society Project (ISP), which studies...
Isidore Dyen, an emeritus professor of linguistics at Yale who is known for his seminal work on Austronesian languages and Proto-Austronesian (the ancestral language of languages from Indonesia to Madagascar and across the Pacific Ocean), died on Dec. 14....
Henry Ashby Turner, the Charles J. Stille Professor Emeritus of History, died at Yale-New Haven Hospital on Dec. 17 from complications of melanoma.A leading scholar of modern German history, Turner was the author of several books and many articles, among...
Huynh Sanh Thong, considered the preeminent translator of Vietnamese poetry and literature into English and the former director of the Yale Southeast Asian Refugee Project, died on Nov. 17 of sudden heart failure. He was 82 years old. Huynh dedicated much...
A new professorship has been established in honor of Yale economist and former provost William C. Brainard by his friends and colleagues.Benjamin Polak has been named the inaugural William C. Brainard Professor of Economics (see related story).The...
Benjamin Polak, who has been named the first William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, is an expert on decision theory, game theory and economic history.The professorship was established by friends and colleagues of Yale economist William C. Brainard...
Joseph H. Britton, newly designated as the inaugural J.L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Pastoral Theology, is the dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a scholar on piety as the synthesis of religious...