When Yale’s Economic Growth Center was founded in the 1961, three women, all with Ph.D.s, were hired as researchers or administrators. All three also happened to be married to Yale economics professors.
Five years later, amid a flash of concern about...
Seven Yale faculty members are among the artists, intellectuals, and prominent leaders newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for innovative accomplishments in their fields.
“The new members of the class of 2020 have...
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How are the social sciences responding to the COVID-19 crisis?
I’ve been impressed with how rapidly faculty across the social sciences have turned their attention to key challenges of the global pandemic. Broadly...
Mariam Chamberlain — a leading figure in the establishment of women's studies in the United States, and, later, a key player in the ongoing struggle to create a level playing field for women in economics — was a member of the Yale Economic Growth Center’s...
A four-generation Yale family has created a permanent endowment for Yale University Library’s Center for Science and Social Science Information — a gift that will support key university initiatives in the sciences and social sciences. The center, which...