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Play About Guantánamo Detainee Wins Yale Drama Series Award

March 27, 2009

Playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award for her play about a former Guantánamo Bay detainee...

Series on Contemporary Sri Lankan Cinema Features Films That Explore Once-Taboo Topics

March 27, 2009

A renowned filmmaker and educator will showcase the work of his countrymen in "Contemporary Sri Lankan Cinema at Yale," a film and discussion...

Exhibit Explores Andean Village’s Religious Rituals

March 27, 2009

Images of and information about the events that transpire in a remote Andean village during Holy Week will be featured in a new exhibition opening on Monday,...

Memorial Service for Dr. Jay Katz

March 27, 2009

There will be a memorial service on Sunday, April 5, for Dr. Jay Katz, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor Emeritus of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry, who died...

New Yale Younger Poet’s Volume Is ‘Savage, Desolate, Brutally Ironic’

March 27, 2009

"It Is Daylight," a collection of poems by Arda Collins that reads as a series of dramatic, private monologues, has been chosen the winner of the...

Gorton Named First Frederick Frank Professor

March 27, 2009

Gary B. Gorton, the inaugural Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor of Management and Finance, has done research in many areas of finance, examining such...

Metrick Is the Inaugural Nierenberg Professor

March 27, 2009

Andrew Metrick, newly named as the inaugural Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Corporate Governance, focuses his research and teaching on venture capital,...

‘Beyond Borders’ To Examine Debate Over Immigration Policy

March 27, 2009

The complex moral and legal issues surrounding the discussion of immigration policy in the United States will be examined at a symposium taking place on...

Changing Nature of Libraries in Digital Age To Be Discussed

March 27, 2009

The evolving form and function of libraries in the digital age will be considered at a symposium being hosted on Saturday, April 4, at the Yale Law School.

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin To Speak at Yale

March 24, 2009

Robert E. Rubin, secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and economic advisor to President Obama, will deliver the Arthur M. Okun Public Policy...