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Book: Why Niebuhr Matters

January 5, 2012

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

Deming named Birkelund Fellow at American Academy in Berlin

January 4, 2012

Richard Deming, lecturer in English, has been named the 2012 John P. Birkelund Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.

Commentary: What makes a great public park?

January 3, 2012

Alexander Garvin, the author of “Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities” (Norton) and adjunct professor of urban planning and management at Yale School...

New York developer Douglas Durst to speak at Yale School of Architecture

December 23, 2011

Douglas Durst, chairman of the prominent New York real estate development company that bears his family name, will deliver the first lecture of the spring...

Yale University Art Gallery announces $11 million gift to name new exhibition spaces

December 21, 2011

The Yale University Art Gallery has received an $11 million commitment from Stephen D. Susman, a member of the Yale College Class of 1962, to support the...

Alumni association concert raises hope with songs from Whiffenpoofs and special guest from “Glee”

December 19, 2011

“The act of community building,” says “Glee” star Darren Criss, is what he likes best about live musical performance, as it can bring strangers together in a...

Yale performers featured on new Christmas CD

December 16, 2011

A new CD of Christmas carols performed by the Yale-studded treble vocal ensemble Etherea and recorded at Yale Divinity School (YDS) is hitting the radio...

In memoriam: Paula Hyman

December 15, 2011

Paula Hyman, a leading historian of modern French Jewry and an internationally recognized authority on the history of Jewish women, died on Dec. 15 after a...