My favorite professor at Yale died.
After a three-year fight with melanoma, humanities professor María Rosa Menocal passed away Monday afternoon.
A Sterling professor of the humanities since 2005, Menocal served as director of the Whitney Humanities Center from 2001 to 2012. She told the Yale Bulletin in 2005 that the WHC is “the University’s center for conversations across the arts and humanities,” and spearheaded a period of expansion at the Center, where she appointed 285 fellows from several different academic fields and added new programs such as “Films at the Whitney.”
María Rosa was a brilliant lecturer, a kind wonderful person, and a passionate scholar.
This is too sad for words.
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I’m so sorry to hear that, Clarissa. This summer, someone who had mentored me at the University of Montana died, so I know the pain of losing someone you admired who encouraged you in your field. May she rest in peace.
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She was so young and vibrant. This is impossible to believe.
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That’s awful. She was brilliant, and much too young. I didn’t know her personally, only her work, but I regret the passing of an amazing scholar. Condolences to you, Clarissa.
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Thank you, Dame Eleanor. She was very fiery and passionate. Such a great person.
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I was also very sorry to hear the sad news. I admire how she reached a wider audience with her work.
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And she was actually human, which is rare for that place.
I’m now crying.
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So sorry. My condolences.
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I’m shocked. I know only her work, but not her. I’m sorry for your loss.
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That’s so sad. I’m so sorry that you lost someone important to you.
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