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March 26, 2015
This article has been updated to reflect the version that appeared in print on March 27. Thursday afternoon found hundreds of students and faculty celebrating in the Center...
The expanded Department of Computer Science will be part of the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Pictured are (from left) Joan Feigenbaum, department chair; Tamar Gendler, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and T. Kyle Vanderlick, dean of SEAS. (Photo by Michael Marsland)
March 26, 2015
The university has announced important steps in a long-planned expansion of the Department of Computer Science, with enhancements in both faculty and classroom resources. The...
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February 5, 2015
David Pizarro, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University, will deliver the opening 2015 Shulman Lecture in Science and the Humanities. His...
Amy Hungerford, Alan Gerber, and Scott Miller have been named divisional directors of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences, respectively.
September 17, 2014
In an effort to strengthen faculty leadership in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS), Tamar Gendler, dean of FAS, has announced a new governance structure. The new...
August 17, 2014
Why do philosophers use examples? Tamar Gendler explores this question in conversation with Nigel Warburton for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Listen to Tamar...
May 23, 2014
On July 1, all five senior-most members of the Yale administration will have stepped into their roles within the past 18 months. With the announcement of Jonathan Holloway as...
From left, Tamar Gendler, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; President Peter Salovey; Jonathan Holloway, dean of Yale College; and Lynn Cooley, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Michael Marsland)
May 21, 2014
The first incumbent of a newly created deanship to lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the newly appointed deans of the Graduate School and Yale College were...
May 21, 2014
This article has been updated from previous versions.University President Peter Salovey announced sweeping changes to the makeup of the Yale administration Wednesday...
November 8, 2013
It’s 3 a.m., and Professor Jason Stanley is surprised to find himself in bed with his wife. Indeed, since moving to New Haven in August, Stanley has been going to bed earlier...
September 3, 2013
Tamar Gendler, the Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy, urged the new freshmen to embrace contradiction in her Keynote Address...

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