“Strip Vision of the End,” performed by John Hall and Philip Schuyler
Thu, 04/21/2011
Sociology undergraduate major John R. Hall (Saybrook, ‘68) and African Studies major Philip D. Schuyler (Saybrook, ‘68) have posted on YouTube the much-awaited video of the performance drawn from their digital and textual collaborative composition, “Strip Vision of the End.” The performance tookRead more...
Bernice Pescosolido will receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal
Fri, 01/07/2011
Bernice Pescosolido (Yale PhD ‘82) will receive the highest award of the Yale Graduate School, the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, on October 4, 2011. The medal is given annually by the Graduate School Alumni Association to a small number of distinguished alumni. It recognizes outstanding achievement inRead more...
New Undergrad Publication Requests Submissions
Fri, 12/31/2010
HABITUS, a new publication of undergraduate work in the social sciences, with a central focus on sociology, is currently seeking academic papers, essays, pieces on social theory, film and book reviews as well as images for their inaugural issue. For more details, or to submit, please click here,Read more...
Blinding Insights Interviews with Jeff Swanson
Tue, 09/07/2010
Jeff Swanson (PhD, ‘85) is a Duke professor, blogger, and world-class insomniac who hosts a talk show on the web with several Real Americans who look amazingly like him. The show features trenchant social and political commentary from Jimmy Jay Viras, the nation’s most plainspoken countryRead more...
Senior Conference and Dinner Image Gallery Online
Tue, 05/18/2010
Visit the gallery by clicking this link.
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Cara McClellan and Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith Win 2010 Mildred Priest Frank Prize
Mon, 05/17/2010
Congratulations to Cara McClellan and Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith, this year’s winners of theMildred Priest Frank Prize. The Mildred Priest Frank Memorial Prize was established by Adam R. Rose, ’81, in honor of his maternal grandmother. It is awarded each year to the graduating senior whose workRead more...
Andrew Udelsman Wins 2010 Richard Hegel Senior Essay Prize
Mon, 05/17/2010
Congratulations to sociology major Andrew Udelsman, winner of this year’s Yale Club of New Haven Richard Hegel Senior Essay Prize for his senior essay “Surviving the Forest: Ethnography of New Haven’s Tent City.” Dick Hegel, whom the prize honors, is a past president of the YCNH and aRead more...
Kayle Vinson and Isabel Jijon are recognized with Fellowship and Travel Grant Awards
Thu, 04/29/2010
Sociology major Kayle Vinson holds a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship in support of her research. Sociology major Isabel Jijon received a summer travel grant from the Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies. Congratulations to both!
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Thomas Meyer Awarded Yale Research Fellowship
Wed, 04/28/2010
Congratulation to sociology major Thomas Meyer, who is the a recipient of a 2010 Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The fellowship will support his research project on code-switching among American soldiers engaged in counterinsurgent warfare.
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Applicatons Open for the Justice Carlos R. Moreno Prize
Thu, 04/22/2010
Established in the fall of 2009, the Justice Carlos R. Moreno Prize will be awarded to the best senior essay on the Latino/a experience in the U.S. A faculty committee chaired by Professor Stephen Pitti will select the winner who will be announced during graduation ceremonies. To apply for theRead more...
