David Scott Kastan, newly appointed as the George M. Bodman Professor of English, is a scholar of early modern English literature and culture, especially Shakespeare and Milton, as well as of the history of the book, and editing and editorial theory....
William R. Bennett Jr., the C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science and Physics, who in 1960 co-invented the first gas (helium-neon) laser, died of esophageal cancer on June 29 at his home in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He was...
Rulon S. Wells III, professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy, died on May 3 in Salt Lake City at the age of 90.Wells taught at the institution for over 44 years, offering courses in logic, philosophy of language and symbolism, history of...
Alastair Minnis, the newly named Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English, is a scholar of Chaucer and his intellectual milieu, late-medieval literature, medieval literary theory, the medieval study of the Bible and classical literature (including...
Robert J. Shiller, newly designated as the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, specializes in the areas of financial markets, financial innovation, behavioral economics, macroeconomics, real estate, statistical methods and on public attitudes, opinions...
Larry Samuelson, newly named as the inaugural A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics, focuses his research and teaching on microeconomic theory, game theory, repeated games and the evolutionary foundations of economic behavior.He is the author of “The...
Ebonya L. Washington, the newly designated Henry Kohn Assistant Professor of Economics, specializes in public finance and political economy.Washington teaches courses in both economics and political science. Her research interests focus on the interplay...
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, will co-teach a course on faith and globalization next year with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The course,...
The Study Group to Consider New Residential Colleges met with the Yale Corporation on Friday morning, February 22, 2008, to discuss its extensive report. There was a stimulating discussion surrounding the recommendations by the Study Group to ensure that...
Yale University announced today that The Starr Foundation of New York City has made a $5 million award to Yale over three years in support of the University’s World Fellows Program. Each year the World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 highly...