Linda Lorimer Award for staff excellence and distinguished service to the university

On Nov. 13, President Salovey and Linda K. Lorimer presented 30 Yale staff members representing 10 key initiatives with the Linda Lorimer Award for staff excellence and distinguished service to the university.

Scott Strobel named Yale provost

Scott A. Strobel, a renowned educator and researcher who has led a number of major Yale initiatives over the past two decades, has been named the next provost, the university’s chief academic and budgetary officer. 

Building Projects

Deputy Provost Lloyd Suttle (left) and Provost Ben Polak, wearing hard hats and neon safety vests, survey the construction inside Commons at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Center.

^{Photo: Michael Marsland, OPAC}

Faculty Development & Diversity

Welcome New Faculty!

^{Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal Photography}

Science & Research

On June 7, 2019 the Yale Postdoctoral Association and the Office of the Provost announced the winners of the inaugural Art in Research Competition.

^{Photo: “Cell escape from tumor” -  Muhammad Yousafzai, Department of Biomedical Engineering}

Collections & Scholarly Communications

Susan Gibbons, the Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian and deputy provost for collections and scholarly communications, has been appointed Yale’s vice provost for collections and scholarly communications.

Global Strategy

Advancing our partnerships with a recent visit to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Yale & The Arts

On September 27, 2018 Yale was awarded the 2018 Governor’s Patron of the Arts Award.

^{Photo: Nick Cinea Photography}

Polak to Step Down as University Provost

Ben Polak has decided to step down as university provost at the start of the new calendar year to resume his teaching and research as the William C. Brainard Professor of Economics and professor of management.