It has been generations since a world event enveloped us all in a shared trauma that motivates so many people to volunteer their time, shift career priorities and do their part. The COVID-19 pandemic’s lack of respect for borders and boundaries has also led to innovative and collaborative new partnerships for public health and the Yale community.

Seven members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) have recently been named to endowed professorships by vote of Yale’s Board of Trustees.

Evren Savcı found so little published about queer politics in Turkey a decade ago when writing her dissertation, she expanded her research into a book.

President Peter Salovey and Professor Louise Glück discuss her discovery of poetry, the importance of mentorship, and her love of teaching. Their conversation is followed by a recording of Professor Glück’s reading of her poem “October.”

Ana Ramos-Zayas has been appointed the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Emily Greenwood has been named the John M. Musser Professor of Classics.

Gerald Jaynes was appointed the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, African American Studies, and Urban Studies, effective. Jan. 1, 2021.

Political economist Kenneth Scheve has been named the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs.

Nisheeth K. Vishnoi, who studies the foundations of computer science and machine learning, was appointed A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science.

Nicholas A. Christakis talks about his new book Apollo’s Arrow and shares his perspective on how the virus will shape our world moving forward.