May 2018

Rosie Bsheer and Joanne Freeman among six faculty members awarded Yale College teaching prizes

“Generous,” “innovative,” “engaging,” “refreshing,” “dedicated”: These are just some of the words students used to describe this year’s winners of Yale College teaching prizes.

The six winners of the university’s top prizes recognizing undergraduate teaching excellence were honored in a ceremony on May 7 in Sterling Memorial Library attended by many of the students who nominated the faculty members, along with some of their colleagues. This year’s winners are Joanne Freeman, Andrew Ehrgood, Timothy Newhouse, Harrison Huibin Zhou, Rosie Bsheer, and Kurt Zilm.

"Buried Treasure and King Bluetooth," an interview with Anders Winroth

Buried Treasure and King Bluetooth

Guest: Anders Winroth, PhD, Birgit Baldwin Professor of History at Yale University, Author of “The Age of the Vikings”

History majors among seniors awarded fellowships to study at Oxford and Cambridge

In addition to the students previously announced in YaleNews as winners of Rhodes, Marshall, Gates-Cambridge scholarships, the following students have received fellowships or scholarships to study at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

Jay Gitlin honored with Lamar Faculty Award

By E.J. Crawford Faculty members Jay Gitlin ’71, ’74 Mus.M., ’02 Ph.D. and Meg Urry are this year’s recipients of the Howard R. Lamar Faculty Awards, presented annually to faculty who have made significant contributions to alumni programs and demonstrated exemplary leadership for alumni relations.