Tutoring
Silliman Resident Writing Tutor: Carol Morse
Greetings! I’m the Writing Tutor at Silliman, and I’m happy to work with you on your writing at any stage of the process. If you want to brainstorm an idea, get constructive feedback on a draft, or focus on a specific writing issue, please feel free to make an appointment online or by email (carol.morse@yale.edu).
You are welcome to bring in your notes or an essay draft on the day of the appointment, or you may email me a draft prior to the appointment (recommended if it’s a longer paper—please email me with adequate time to read, preferably the night before you come in). No draft is too rough. I know that all writers approach their processes differently, and I hope to engage in ways that are productive and useful to you. Typically, appointments are 45 minutes.
Most appointments begin with a brief discussion of your project and the kind of help you are looking for. Depending on your needs, we’ll have an active and collaborative session–so come in with questions, concerns, and ideas. We’ll first focus on higher-order concerns (What’s the assignment asking for? What are you arguing? How’s your organization?) before addressing more local concerns such as mechanics and punctuation.
I’ll be offering hours in-person meetings, with occasional hours online. If you need to meet virtually due to illness or other challenges, please let me know. In addition, if you are differently abled, please let me know what you may need to have an effective session.
My office is on the fourth floor of Silliman, Room 401, near the Silliman Good Life Center. I look forward to working with you. Please email with any questions.
My hours are:
Monday 10-1
Tuesday 2-5
Friday 11-2
You can schedule an appointment here: https://silliman.yalecollege.yale.edu/resources/silliman-residential-college-tutors
Writing Center/Tutors: https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/writing; https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/writing/yale-college-writing-center
SC/QR Tutoring: https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/learning/help-with-stem/stem-tutoring
Language Tutoring: https://cls.yale.edu/for-students/language-tutoring-overview
Advising Resources: https://advising.yalecollege.yale.edu/
Yale College Community Care
YC3 was created in response to Yale College students’ requests to increase access to mental health and wellness support. YC3’s services can be accessed quickly and near to Residential Colleges where students live, learn, and socialize.
Book an appointment directly with a YC3 team member through their website.
Yale Academic Strategies Program
The mission of Yale Academic Strategies Program is to help all Yale undergraduate be active, empowered learners at Yale. Though peer academic mentoring, interactive workshops, and connections to resources, we hope to provide you with the tools that can propel you towards your goals.
Workshops
Our famous workshop sessions are available in person and online! Register via this YaleConnect link. FYI: Poorvu CTL M104A is upstairs from the York Street Entrance to Sterling Memorial Library. Poorvu CTL 120 A, B, C, and 121 are the classrooms on the first floor. Questions? Contact us at academicstrategies@yale.edu.
Other
Support for Students Regarding Summer Funding
In her current role as Assistant Director in Financial Aid, Nicole Rothfuss oversees the awarding of summer funding and provide counseling on summer options, programs, fellowships, funding opportunities, summer loans, and overall planning.
Below is a link you can use to schedule an appointment—either in person or via Zoom—to navigate summer opportunities and funding options.
https://finaid.yale.edu/upload
LIBRARY WORKSHOPS:
Join Yale Library on YaleConnect | yaleconnect.yale.edu/YALELIBRARY/club_signup
Browse workshops on the library website | schedule.yale.edu/calendar/instruction
Stay up to date with new workshops and events to support your coursework and research
YALE SCHWARZMAN CENTER UPCOMING EVENTS:
https://schwarzman.yale.edu/events/upcoming
Yale Athletics Calendar:
https://yalebulldogs.com/calendar
Yale Yearbook Extended Deadline:
Yearbook sales have been extended until May 21, 2026 due to increasing demand—please purchase them at the Jostens site from your emails! However, portrait dates cannot be extended, so thank you to everyone who has already signed up.
Yale Summer Institute in Bioethics:
The Sherwin B. Nuland Summer Institute in Bioethics is an intensive, interdisciplinary program that brings together students and professionals to explore a wide range of topics, including clinical ethics, public health, social justice, and the broader ethical and historical dimensions of medicine. The program also provides students with the opportunity to engage in research and present their work at a final poster session.
Additional information can be found here: https://bioethics.yale.edu/programs/sherwin-b-nuland-summer-institute-bioethics.
Williams Prize in East Asian Studies Competition:
This is the formal announcement of the Williams Prize in East Asian Studies Competition. The prize is awarded to an undergraduate senior in any department at Yale University for an outstanding paper completed during the current academic year on a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean subject.
Papers will be judged on use of primary sources, quality of writing, and depth and originality of scholarship. It is expected that essays nominated for the Williams Prize will make substantial use of materials in East Asian language(s) in any medium, including transcriptions of interviews. Essays that focus exclusively on Asian American topics normally will not be considered eligible for consideration.
Course papers may be submitted. Please note that you are REQUIRED to have a written endorsement of your submission. This endorsement need not be from the advisor for whom you originally wrote the paper or senior essay, but it must be made by a faculty member of the Council on East Asian Studies. In either case, please allow time for the faculty to submit their written endorsement to the Council on East Asian Studies before the deadline.
PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING TO nicholas.disantis@yale.edu NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM, Wednesday, April 29th, 2026:
- ONE ELECTRONIC COPY OF YOUR PAPER
- WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT FROM A FACULTY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ON EAST ASIAN STUDIES (The endorsement must be sent directly from the faculty member to nicholas.disantis@yale.edu)
- A SEPARATE PAGE THAT LISTS
- your complete legal name;
- current campus mailing address and telephone/cell number;
- Yale College affiliation;
- UPI number
- Student Identification (SID) number
- other prizes or awards that your paper is being considered for at Yale
The Richard Maxwell Prize for Translation and Translation Studies:
A $500 prize, open to any undergraduate student in Yale College, shall be awarded annually to the best Literary Translation or to the best essay in Translation Studies. “Literary Translation” encompasses all genres, so long as the chosen work is substantial, while “Translation Studies” is understood to include theoretical and historical questions involving language, culture, and medium. Submissions that combine actual translation and reflections on issues raised or exemplified by the process are welcome. Submissions must include: (1) a cover letter with basic information about the student’s studies/major and about the context in which the essay/translation was written; (2) a translator’s introduction describing the intellectual and historical context of the translated text, along with some consideration of its technical features; (3) a copy of the translated text(s) in the original language, as an appendix to your translation; (4) annotation, as deemed relevant, for literary translations. Please email your submission to as a PDF file for consideration to sabrina.whiteman@yale.edu by May 1, 2026, 3 p.m. The prize will be presented along with other Comparative Literature prizes at the department’s Spring reception in early May.
The Richard Maxwell prize for Translation and Translation Studies commemorates the scholarly and pedagogical legacy of Richard Maxwell (1948-2010), an exceptionally wide-ranging undergraduate teacher, scholar and critic. He was a historian of the novel, of visual culture, and of urban life, and a critic of poetry and film. During his final illness he dictated an experimental novel about architectural, literary, and film life in 1950s Los Angeles. Richard Maxwell believed deeply in the discipline of Comparative Literature and the ideal of world literature, and he championed his Yale students as aspiring translators, critics, and writers.
YALE LAW JOURNAL UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP:
2026-2027 Academic Year | Volume 136
Every year, the Yale Law Journal hires a small cohort of paid undergraduate interns to assist with the
Journal’s operations.
We are seeking interns for the 2026-2027 academic year. In order to be eligible, interns must
be enrolled undergraduate students at Yale for the full 2026-2027 academic year. The
commitment is relatively light: interns should expect roughly one assignment of 5-10 hours per
month, with periodic additional assignments of varying lengths, as well as opportunities to volunteer
to take on additional assignments. Interns will also be expected to work a few hours during summer
2027. All work will be remote. Interns will be supervised by the Yale Law Journal’s Managing
Editors, Elias Kaul (elias.kaul@yale.edu) and Alex Kirk (alexandra.kirk@yale.edu).
The internship involves mainly editorial and proofreading work. The Journal will be publishing
approximately eight issues during the 2026-2027 academic year. Each intern will be responsible for nine proofreading assignments: three in the fall or winter and six in the spring.
Additional tasks related to the Journal’s editorial and production processes, such as anonymization of
manuscripts, may be assigned as needed.
To apply, please send a single PDF document containing a short cover letter, one-page
resume, undergraduate transcript, and writing sample (roughly 5 double-spaced pages of academic
work) to elias.kaul@yale.edu and alexandra.kirk@yale.edu by Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 5:00
PM ET. Please use the subject line “YLJ Intern Application - LastName FirstName.”