Initiatives

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Online Course Catalog

Discover a wide range of timely and timeless topics taught by Yale professors, each with a unique perspective and an individual interpretation of a particular field of study.

Antiracist Pedagogy

The Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offers this page as a resource for instructors who want to learn about antiracist teaching practice and as a place to make ongoing Yale faculty antiracist efforts more visible. At the Poorvu Center, we do not position ourselves as experts on antiracism; instead, we strive to learn and grow in our understanding of antiracist teaching in community and conversation with Yale instructors and experts in the field.

Teaching in Context: Troubling Times

Pedagogical Partners

The Poorvu Center’s Pedagogical Partners Program creates a dialogue about teaching and learning through a semester-long partnership between an undergraduate student and an instructor in Yale College in which the student acts as a pedagogical consultant in a course the instructor is teaching.

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STEM Education and Evaluation

The Poorvu Center offers a full range of services to STEM instructors, including a Scientific Teaching course for graduate students and post-docs, Summer Institutes for STEM faculty and future faculty, a STEM Education Seminar Series, and instructional materials.

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Directions

The Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning is located within Sterling Memorial Library on the first floor and the mezzanine along York Street. The main entrance is located at 301 York Street, near Mory's and Toad's.

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Reserve a Room

The Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning partners with departments and groups on-campus throughout the year to share its space. Please review the reservation form and submit a request.

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Learning Commons

The bright and open lobby features a welcome desk and numerous touchdown spaces for students and faculty from across the campus to work, collaborate, and engage in conversation.