Yale Bulletin

Published: July 17, 2009 | Six-Week Issue

Robert C. Post ’77 J.D. Named Dean of Yale Law School

Yale University President Richard Levin announced today the appointment of Robert C. Post ’77 J.D. as Dean and Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Post joined the Yale Law School faculty in 2003 as David Boies Professor of Law, specializing in the area of constitutional law, including the First Amendment, equal protection, and legal history. He will assume his duties as dean on July 1, 2009.

Emergency Medicine Promoted to Departmental Status

Eighteen years after its creation, the Section of Emergency Medicine has been elevated to full departmental status within the Yale School of Medicine.

Papers of Conservative Crusader William F. Buckley Donated to Yale

The papers of William F. Buckley Jr. '50 are now part of Yale's permanent collection, thanks to the generosity of his son, Christopher T. Buckley '75.

Working @ Yale Debuts as Regular Section in YB&C

This issue marks both the debut of "Working @ Yale" in the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, and the launch of a new partnership between the Office of Human Resources and Administration Communications and the Office of Public Affairs.


Ami Klin Is Appointed the Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Andreas Savvides Is New Barton Weller Associate Professor

Willis Jenkins Reappointed as Margaret Farley Assistant Professor

‘Bulldog J and K’ Clusters Boost Faculty Research Capability

Yale University to Provide Supplemental Financial Aid to Veterans

Restoring Ancient ‘Green Lady’ Is a Balancing Act for Curators

Yale and University of Malaya Join Forces to Battle HIV in Prisons

Yale Librarian Alice Prochaska To Step Down

Indian Political Leaders Tackle World Issues in Campus Program

Experts in U.S. and East Asian Religions Join YDS Faculty

NSF Grant To Support Tully’s Work on Behavior of Atoms

Yale Staff Member Sets a Course for Sailing Championships

Plants Save the Earth from an Icy Doom

Mate Selection: How Does She Know He’ll Take Care of the Kids

Better Supernovae Measurements Aim To Improve Understanding of Dark Energy

Scientists Create First Electronic Quantum Processor

Scientists Discover Light Force with “Push” Power

Yale Institute of Sacred Music Announces International Fellowship

In Ocean’s Depths, Heat-Loving “Extremophile” Evolves a Strange Molecular Trick

Eliminating Waste and Huge Profits Key To Fixing Healthcare, Says Physician

Researchers Suggests Gene Inhibition May Help Normalize Type 2 Diabetes

TV Food Advertising Increases Snacking and Potential Weight Gain in Children and Adults

New System Reveals Whether School Wellness Policies ‘Make the Grade’

Yale School of Medicine Dean Calls for Broad Changes in How Future Physicians are Educated

Hillel Children’s School at Yale Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Newly Acquired Edward Hopper Sketches Illuminate the Artist’s Creative Process

Exhibition Examines the ‘Uncertainties, Anxieties and Rewards of the Workplace’

In Memoriam: Robin Siegel Theurkauf, Lecturer in International Relations

Exhibit Recounts Work of Missionaries in the Belgian Congo

Yale Books in Brief

 

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