Patrick Vaccaro appointed Irénée du Pont Professor of Chemistry
Vaccaro’s research seeks to unravel fundamental aspects of molecular behavior.
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Vaccaro’s research seeks to unravel fundamental aspects of molecular behavior.
A prodigiously productive scholar and popular and admired teacher at Yale, Merriman died on May 22 after a long illness. He was 75.
What do Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski and constitutional scholar Akhil Amar have in common? They are both triple crown winners, although admittedly they won different triple crowns. Yaz’s achievement was in baseball; Amar’s was in academia, winning Yale University’s
Jonathan Spence ’65 Ph.D., Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, whose scholarship shaped the field of China studies for half a century, died Dec. 25 at home.
Share Four Yale professors whose teaching and mentorship have inspired generations of students were recently honored with William C. Clyde DeVane Medals from the university’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The DeVane Medals, Yale’s oldest teaching award, are typically given each year in recognition of outstanding scholarship and undergraduate teaching to an active faculty member who is elected by undergraduate members of the society, and to a retired faculty member, who is chosen by the graduate members Phi Beta Kappa. At this year’s ceremony, conducted via Zoom on June 5, the recipients...