This message asks relevant FAS and SEAS faculty to hold certain Thursday afternoons from 4-6 for possible Yale College Faculty Meetings, FAS and/or SEAS Faculty Meetings, and meetings of the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers for the 2025-26 academic year, and reminds faculty of dates that are being held for meetings of the FAS/SEAS Faculty Senate.

This message outlines an updated process for sending invitation letters to postdoctoral and postgraduate candidates. Letters must now include funding contingency language, and department or program business offices, lead administrators, and the FAS Dean's Office must be copied. Information is also provided about how postdoctoral and postgraduate appointments are affected by the university-wide hiring pause.

The university has implemented a 5% reduction to non-salary annual budgets effective immediately. FAS units must consider ways to reduce spending from all funding sources and should observe this provided guidance.

This message announces that Ken Scheve will step down from his role as FAS Dean of Social Science at the end of this academic year to become Dean of the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame. Alan Gerber will serve as Acting FAS Dean of Social Science through the fall 2025 semester. We celebrate Ken’s achievements as Dean, thank Alan for agreeing to serve in a temporary capacity, and we look forward to engaging with the FAS community in seeking the next FAS Dean of Social Science.

The FAS will begin a strategic planning process in Fall 2025. Dean Wilkinson invites suggestions of questions for the strategic planning committees to consider and welcomes nominations for the committees. You may submit suggestions using the webform linked below.

This message provides information for FAS ladder faculty supported by the Science Development Fund (SDF) regarding bridge funding.

This message offers guidance on the FAS ladder faculty search request process for the 2025-26 academic year.

This message outlines the responsibilities that all faculty members and Teaching Fellows (TFs), now part of the Local 33-UNITE HERE union, are expected to fulfill when they collaborate to teach. This memo contains new information as of January 2025; please read through the materials below so you are aware of current policies. You will find details on (1) in-person instruction, (2) responsibility for instruction, (3) course materials, (4) grading and examinations, and (5) professional development for TFs; there is also information about (6) part-time acting instructors.

Congratulations to FAS faculty honorees!

Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners 2018-2024 Report