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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.

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}

News and Announcements

Polak to step down in January as university provost

October 1, 2019

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...

$4M Investment in Core Facilities & Core Directors

September 20, 2019

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share the good news that Yale has made substantial new investments, over $4 million, in our core facilities supporting science and...

Facilities update: Put on your hard hats!

March 6, 2019

Every year around this time, I offer a brief update on the major building projects going on around the university — a peek behind the blue fences, so to speak. It gives me...

Initial Implementation Actions on Science Priorities

December 3, 2018

Dear Colleagues: Following President Salovey’s message earlier this week regarding the recommendations of the University-wide Science Strategy Committee (USSC), I am writing...

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Welcome to the Office of the Provost

The provost is Yale’s chief educational and administrative officer after the president. The Office of the Provost oversees academic policies and activities university-wide. The provost is an ex-officio member of every faculty and governing board and of all committees concerned with educational policy or faculty appointments. He has direct oversight of all academic support units, holds institutional responsibility for the allocation of resources, and chairs the University Budget Committee. In collaboration with the vice president for finance, the provost presents the university’s annual operating and capital budgets to the president and to the Yale Corporation. The deputy, associate, and assistant provosts, together with the provost’s administrative and operations staff, support the provost in carrying out these responsibilities.