Peter Salovey announced today that this academic year will be his last as Yale’s 23rd president, and that he will return to the faculty full time after 11 transformative years as head of the university. Since he took office in 2013, Yale has made significant strides toward the vision he articulated upon his appointment as president — a vision he has continually reinforced of “a more unified Yale, a more accessible Yale, a more innovative Yale, and an even more excellent Yale.” Watch a video mess

Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, featured Rabbi Sacks’ insights during his Opening Assembly Address for the incoming Yale College Class of 2027. Prof. Salovey will be moderating this year’s Sacks Conversation in New York in October. More details will be announced shortly. - - - I think, too, of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, another honorary Yale degree recipient I reference today, who expressed powerfully that “arguments are won only by giving your opponent a hearing.” Here at