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Pulitzer Prize-winning authors on the art of writing biographies

March 7, 2024

At a recent Jackson School event, journalist Kai Bird and Yale historian Beverly Gage discussed how biographies help tell the story of human history.

Office Hours with… Kaiama L. Glover

March 4, 2024

In an interview with Yale News, Kaiama L. Glover discusses her scholarship at the nexus of French, francophone, Caribbean, and literary studies.

Watch Yale Schola Cantorum’s latest concert, ‘Holy is the True Light’

February 29, 2024

On Feb. 17, the Yale chamber choir performed works by Herbert Howells, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Caroline Shaw ’07 M.M., ’22 Mus.D. (Hon.) in Woolsey Hall.

The man who made Hale

February 29, 2024

Mark D. Mitchell, curator of American paintings and sculptures at the Yale University Art Gallery, explores the story behind one of Yale’s best-loved statues.

Meet the FAS faculty: Jill Jarvis

February 28, 2024

Jarvis, an assistant professor of Francophone literature and culture at Yale, discusses her recent prizewinning book on “decolonizing” memory in Algeria.

Maya K’iche’ scholar Manuela Tahay shares Indigenous women’s wisdom at Yale

February 28, 2024

Tahay, a scholar and language instructor from Nahualá, Guatemala, recently visited campus to lead a series of events for Yale and the wider New Haven community.

Liles, author of ‘science-inflected’ poems, wins Yale Younger Poets award

February 28, 2024

John Liles has been named winner of the 2024 Yale Younger Poets award, a competition that aims to bring greater attention to America’s promising new poets.

History lessons: Recovering the stories of Yale’s scattered treasures

February 26, 2024

Mary Christ, Yale’s first campus art collection registrar, reveals some of her favorite portraits, sculptures, and artifacts found around the university.

A private audience with Vladimir Horowitz

February 26, 2024

Yale faculty member and alumnus Daniel DiMaio ’74 retells of when he and a group of fellow students helped coax the legendary pianist back to the stage.

Yale Percussion Group breathes as one

February 23, 2024

Ahead of a March 1 performance, members of the Yale School of Music student ensemble discuss the chamber-music ethos and community that make the group unique.