Economist Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D., the recently appointed director of Yale’s Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, discusses his research and new role.
In a stirring ceremony, Yale this week honored two Black scholars who studied theology here in the 1800s but couldn’t formally register because of their race.
The school’s kickoff to the academic year featured an address from newly arrived dean José García-León along with performances by faculty, students, and alumni.
This year’s topics range from the politics of 21st-century Egypt and the histories of Black Civil War surgeons to the life and times of FBI director J. Hoover.