Welcome to Yale Afternoons with Alison! In this series, Alison Cole ’99, executive director of the YAA, meets with university leaders to learn more about their priorities and how the alumni community can support them. All conversations occur at Rose Alumni House, the home of the alumni association and a hub for activity on campus. Bring your favorite beverage and enjoy the conversation.
In the third episode, Alison chats with Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Lynn Cooley, PhD.
Lynn Cooley has served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences since 2014 and is the C.N.H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She also serves as Vice Provost for Postdoctoral Affairs.
Cooley received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UT Austin in 1984 for dissertation research on tRNA transcription and processing conducted in the laboratory of Dieter Söll at Yale University. After postdoctoral training at the Carnegie Institution for Science, she joined the faculty of the Genetics Department at Yale School of Medicine in 1989. Cooley’s current research is focused on understanding the function of intercellular bridges that connect germline cells during their development into eggs or sperm and on the regulated production of unexpectedly long proteins in specific tissues. Cooley directed Yale’s Combined Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) from 2001–2014.
Produced in partnership with Maya Weldon-Lagrimas ’24, Bronwen Pailthorpe ’25, the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, and The Yale Collection.
Watch Alison's previous conversations with Jeremiah Quinlan ’03 and Kymberly Pinder ’95 PhD.
