November 2016

Yale Professor Reflects on Life in Cuba Under Fidel Castro via National Catholic Register

Carlos Eire has firsthand experience with the reality of life in Cuba under the communist rule of Fidel Castro.

Former history major, Noah Remnick, was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar

A Yale College senior and two recent graduates will study at the University of Oxford in England next year as winners of the Rhodes Scholarships.

Olivia A. Klevorn ’17, Hannah K. Carrese ’16, and Noah Remnick ’15 are among 32 American men and women chosen from 882 students endorsed by 311 colleges and universities.

Joanna Radin has been awarded the Poorvu prize

Joanna Radin, has been awarded the Poorvu Prize for interdisciplinary teaching. Joanna’s courses cross the boundaries of medicine, science, history, literature, and philosophy. They cover such topics as “Historical Perspectives on Global Health,” “Biomedical Futures Since 1945,” and “Problems in the Social Study of Science, Technology, and Medicine.”

NY Times: What Happened on Election Day by Beverly Gage

Op-Ed by Beverly Gage: “What Happened on Election Day.” Read the full article at NYTimes.com.

Paola Bertucci has won the Margaret W. Rossiter Prize for the best article on the role of women in science

Paola Bertucci has won the Margaret W. Rossiter Prize for the best article on the role of women in science for her article “In/visible Women: Mariangela Ardinghelli and the Circulation of Knowledge between Paris and Naples in the Eighteenth Century,” published in Isis in June 2013. The prize is awarded by the History of Science Society.

Here’s the article’s abstract:

Department of History