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") //-- Skip to main content Yale University Open Main Navigation Close Main Navigation Office of the Provost People Committees Policies Faculty Resources Research Title IX Academic Priorities Budget Yale’s New Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Gary Desir, M.D., Beeson Professor of Medicine, appointment Yale’s New Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Read More New Vice Provost for Research | New Oversight of Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning Michael Crair, PhD, appointed Yale’s next vice provost for research and Pericles Lewis to oversee the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning . Read More In a neighborhood near you: Yale’s new provost In his first extended public remarks as Yale’s incoming provost, Scott Strobel struck a neighborly note. Read More Linda Lorimer Award for staff excellence and distinguished service to the university On Nov. 13, President Salovey and Linda K. Lorimer presented 30 Yale staff members representing 10 key initiatives with the Linda Lorimer Award for staff excellence and distinguished service to the university. Read More Scott Strobel named Yale provost Scott A. Strobel, a renowned educator and researcher who has led a number of major Yale initiatives over the past two decades, has been named the next provost, the university’s chief academic and budgetary officer. Read More Building Projects Deputy Provost Lloyd Suttle (left) and Provost Ben Polak, wearing hard hats and neon safety vests, survey the construction inside Commons at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Center. Photo: Michael Marsland, OPAC Read More Science & Research On June 7, 2019 the Yale Postdoctoral Association and the Office of the Provost announced the winners of the inaugural Art in Research Competition. Photo: “Cell escape from tumor” - Muhammad Yousafzai, Department of Biomedical Engineering Read More Collections & Scholarly Communications Susan Gibbons, the Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian and deputy provost for collections and scholarly communications, has been appointed Yale’s vice provost for collections and scholarly communications. Read More Global Strategy Advancing our partnerships with a recent visit to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Read More Yale & The Arts On September 27, 2018 Yale was awarded the 2018 Governor’s Patron of the Arts Award. Photo: Nick Cinea Photography Read More Polak to Step Down as University Provost Ben Polak has decided to step down as university provost at the start of the new calendar year to resume his teaching and research as the William C. Brainard Professor of Economics and professor of management. Read More Previous Next Welcome News and Announcements Yale’s New Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity March 5, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I write to announce the appointment of Gary Desir, M.D., Beeson Professor of Medicine, as Yale’s next vice provost for faculty development and diversity. Dr... Committee report on Data-Intensive Social Science February 24, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to share the report of the University-wide Committee on Data-Intensive Social Sciences with you. Yale has long been a leader in social science... Announcement and Town Hall Invitation – Planning for a Physical Science and Engineering Building February 19, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I am writing to announce the organization of two working groups to develop the intellectual vision for a new physical science and engineering building and to... Yale’s New Vice Provost for Research | New Oversight of the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning February 17, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I write to announce the appointment of Michael Crair, PhD, as Yale’s next vice provost for research. Mike is a world-class scholar with more than a decade... More news... Provost Scott A. Strobel Scott Strobel is the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry (MB&B) and was appointed as provost of Yale University in January 2020. Read more about Provost Strobel and the role of the University Provost. Contact the provost Welcome to the Office of the Provost The provost is Yale’s chief educational and administrative officer after the president . The Office of the Provost oversees academic policies and activities university-wide. The provost is an ex-officio member of every faculty and governing board and of all committees concerned with educational policy or faculty appointments. He has direct oversight of all academic support units, holds institutional responsibility for the allocation of resources, and chairs the University Budget Committee. In collaboration with the vice president for finance, the provost presents the university’s annual operating and capital budgets to the president and to the Yale Corporation . The vice, associate, and assistant provosts , together with the provost’s administrative and operations staff, support the provost in carrying out these responsibilities. Yale Accessibility at Yale · Privacy policy Copyright © 2020 Yale University · All rights reserved Office of the Provost | P.O. Box 208333, New Haven, CT 06520-8365 | Contact Us Facebook Twitter iTunes YouTube Sina Weibo Tumblr...