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George Akerlof Wins Nobel Prize
Economist George Akerlof '62 B.A. was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. Akerlof is the author of a landmark study on the role of asymmetric information in the market for "lemon" used cars. The work has had far-reaching applications in such diverse areas as health insurance, financial markets and employment contracts. Akerlof, an economics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, is a Yale parent and is married to Yale Corporation fellow Janet L. Yellen '71 Ph.D., the Eugene and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and professor of economics.
John D. Negroponte '60 B.A. formally took up his post as the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Sept. 19, 2001. His long career includes serving as an adviser to Henry Kissinger at the Paris Peace Talks. as an ambassador to Mexico, the Philippines and Nicaragua, and as deputy assistant secretary of state for oceans and fisheries.
Yale trustee Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. '65 B.A., '69 Ph.D. has been appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Parker had been serving as U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York since 1994, when he was appointed to that post by President Clinton after a distinguished 23-year career as an attorney.
Gala Weekend Concludes University's Tercentennial
President Levin Launches Joint Initiatives Between Yale and China During Trip
'Gender Matters' Looks at Women's Evolving Roles
Yale Experts Explore Interweaving Histories of Yale and U.S. in DeVane Series
Celebrating Yale's 300th Around the Nation and Around the World
Building Partnerships for a Stronger New Haven
Bush Sr. Recalls Challenges of the Oval Office
Yale Honors Latest 'Son of Eli' in White House
Clinton: U.S. Will Prevail Against Terrorism
Zedillo decries 'shameful trend of increasing polarization'
Alumni economists discuss U.S. economic prosperity
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