By Susan Gonzalez
May 20, 2021
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Clockwise from top left: Beth Anne Bennett, Pat Devlin, Erik Harms, Stephen Stearns ’67, Carolyn Roberts, Simon Mochrie
In their nominations for this year’s Yale College Teaching Prizes, undergraduate students praised the honored faculty members for not only shining in the classroom but also for having a meaningful impact in their lives beyond it.
The winners of this year’s Yale College teaching prizes, all in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, are Carolyn Roberts the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize for teaching excellence in the humanities; Simon Mochrie the Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for teaching excellence in the natural sciences; Erik Harms the Lex Hixon ’63 Prize for teaching excellence in the social sciences; Beth Anne Bennett and Pat Devlin the Richard H. Brodhead ’68 Prize for teaching excellence by non-ladder faculty; and Steph
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Yale Physics welcomes history-making class of incoming graduate students
May 3, 2021
Yale Physics is pleased to welcome 35 new graduate students, including 18 women, 17 men, and 7 students from underrepresented minorities (URM) to our department. This includes 12 international students from 6 countries. This class has already started making history with the highest percentage of women and URM students of any incoming Yale Physics class.
Stacey Watts, graduate registrar for the department, said “This is the most diverse class we’ve ever had in terms of who applied, were offered, and accepted. The incoming class will be 51% female and 20% URM.”
Simon Mochrie, professor of physics and of applied physics and the Director of Graduate Admissions (DGA) for the Yale Department of Physics said, “The Yale Physics Department is excited and proud to welcome a graduate class with a majority of women for the first time ever and a record percentage of URMs. This historic outcome refle