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Yale School of Art exhibition explores enduring impact of Jasper Johns on contemporary artists

February 12, 2014

Opening Feb. 17 at the 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, “Reliable Tension, or: How to Win a Conversation about Jasper Johns” features approximately 35 works in an...

Noted food writer to speak at master’s tea

February 12, 2014

Writer, chef, and teacher Samin Nosrat will be the guest at a Morse College master’s tea on Monday, Feb. 17.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation makes landmark gift to Yale School of Art

February 12, 2014

A contribution of $5 million from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will create a permanent, unrestricted endowment that will support core priorities of the...

Q&A: What studying networks can tell us about the world and ourselves

February 11, 2014

There was an opening ceremony on Feb. 5 for the Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS), dedicated to exploring fundamental properties of networks as they...

Book: Roman Architecture

February 11, 2014

YaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the...

Infra-red film helped photojournalist ‘step over the threshold’ to capture war’s impact

February 11, 2014

It wasn’t until he began taking a more artistic approach that Richard Mosse felt his photographs were truly capturing the horror of the conflict in the Congo...

Poet Dana Gioia to read from his work

February 11, 2014

The internationally acclaimed and award-winning poet Dana Gioia will read from his poetry on Tuesday, Feb. 11 and discuss the relationship between poetry,...

Miss America speaks about cultural competency

February 7, 2014

Before an audience of roughly 100 Yale students, faculty, and staff on Feb. 4 in Battell Chapel, Nina Davuluri — Miss America 2014 — shared her goal of...

Commentary: A humanities education produces truly creative leaders

February 7, 2014

Pericles Lewis, president of Yale-NUS College speaks about hte value of humanities graduates.

Exhibit explores ‘Grandeur of Japanese Screens’

February 7, 2014

The Yale University Art Gallery is hosting a special exhibition of Japanese folding screens, or "byobu," from the 16th century to the present.