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When each Yale school got its first woman dean (except for the five that haven’t yet).

Mark Zurolo ’01MFA

Mark Zurolo ’01MFA

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In the past year, President Peter Salovey ’86PhD has appointed women to serve as deans of the Schools of Art, Architecture, and Forestry and Environmental Studies—the first woman dean of each school. This chart shows when a woman was first appointed to each of Yale’s top deanships; five schools have not yet had a woman at the helm.

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