FACULTY & ACADEMICS
BEN RAAB & ELBA HEDDESHEIMER
YCC proposes new certificates in ASL, Directed Studies, Economics

The Yale College Council is spearheading a proposal for three new certificates at Yale College, though faculty expressed uncertainty about the plausibility of the proposal.

November 3, 2023

BEN RAAB & BRUNELLA TIPISMANA
Yale establishes new Digital Ethics Center under Italian philosopher

Yale’s new Digital Ethics Center, founded by Italian philosopher Luciano Floridi, seeks to research the societal impact of modern digital innovations, including AI.

November 2, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
AI’s carbon footprint can be managed, computer science professors say

Eleven months after ChatGPT’s release, Yale computer science professors discussed the carbon footprint associated with artificial intelligence and how growing industry management might better control its energy use.

November 1, 2023

BEN RAAB
Peer colleagues slam history professor’s book for ‘systemically’ misrepresenting sources

Multiple reviews accuse Maura Dykstra, an assistant professor of history, of misrepresenting and mistranslating key sources and documents in her first published book. In response, Dykstra defended her work and called the criticisms “patently false.”

October 26, 2023

LUKAS NEL
DATA: Yale College trends toward graduating more STEM than humanities and arts majors

In 2022, more students graduated from Yale College with degrees in science and engineering than in any year since the Office of Institutional Research began publishing data on Yale undergraduate student majors in 2000.

October 25, 2023

ESMA OKUTAN
Joint faculty statement calls for end to ‘ethic of collective punishment’ in Israel-Hamas war

At least 70 faculty members from across the University have signed onto a collective statement calling for all parties “to respect the lives and basic human rights of civilians.”

October 17, 2023

BEN RAAB
‘Sharp wit’ and ‘austere beauty’: remembering Louise Glück

Glück, a Yale poetry professor and prolific writer, is remembered for her relentless honesty, sharp wit and support for her students.

October 17, 2023

BEN RAAB, ANIKA ARORA SETH & EVAN GORELICK
Louise Glück, Nobel Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate, dies at 80

Glück, a Yale poetry professor and prolific author, was teaching the Iseman Seminar in Poetry at Yale College this semester.

October 13, 2023

BEN RAAB & KAITLYN POHLY
Petition to oust pro-Palestine professor for ‘promoting lies and violence’ gains 25,000 signatures in just over a day

The Change.org petition cites professor Zareena Grewal’s social media activity condoning Hamas’s attack on Israel this past weekend. The University has since defended Grewal’s right to free speech.

October 12, 2023

CONNOR ARAKAKI
Ned Blackhawk, Yale’s first Native American professor, shortlisted for the non-fiction National Book Award

The shortlisted book, “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples And The Unmaking of U.S. History,” which is, in part, dedicated to Yale’s Native American Cultural Center, argues for the centrality of Native Americans in the retelling of American history.

October 11, 2023

BEN RAAB
Joseph Solodow, ‘universally admired’ professor and scholar of Latin literature, dies at 76

Solodow is remembered for his commitment to teaching and his love for the intricacies of Latin language.

October 10, 2023