Director named for Tobin Center
Steven Berry, David Swensen Professor of Economics, has been appointed the inaugural Jeffrey Talpins Faculty Director of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale. Named for the late James Tobin, iconic faculty member and Nobel laureate, the Tobin Center will facilitate policy-oriented social science and data-driven research and host workshops, research fellows, and graduate and undergraduate researchers. In his role as faculty director, Berry will oversee outreach to translate the work being done at the Center into the wider policy-making community. A Yale faculty member for more than 30 years, Berry is a renowned economist in the field of industrial organization.
Two faculty companies move forward
Two companies led by Yale FAS faculty members have taken significant steps forward, further establishing Yale as an incubator for innovative technologies. Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI) hosted Connecticut governor Ned Lamont in January at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its lab in New Haven’s Science Park. QCI’s cofounder and chief scientist is Robert Schoelkopf, Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics. QCI is developing the first practical quantum computers, which will eventually be used for high-speed processing in industries such as biotech and materials science. Meanwhile, in September the biotechnology company Arvinas, Inc., whose founder and chief scientific advisor is Craig Crews, Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, held an IPO through which it raised over $100 million. The company uses a proprietary technology to target disease-causing proteins, especially those contributing to prostate cancer and breast cancer.
Center for Study of Race receives grant
The Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM) has been awarded funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to coordinate a multi-university initiative. Working with similar centers at Brown University, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University, the collaboration seeks to initiate new approaches for the common challenges each center faces where racial equity, the arts and humanities, and higher education intersect. With this funding RITM will, with its collaborators, support new faculty leaders and graduate students conducting research on race and racism, further undergraduate teaching and mentoring, and launch community partnerships.
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