Arts & Humanities

Yale alumnus Jason Brown ’11 M.A.R., ’11 M.F. shares his path to “ecological chaplaincy”— a job somewhere between activist and therapist — and his current work.

A new project led by Yale's Timothy Snyder explores the history of Ukrainian lands and peoples by connecting them to global and regional developments...

Members of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music community reflect on its half a century of nurturing singers, organists, and scholars of the divine.

Willie Ruff, a renowned jazz musician and scholar who connected the Yale and New Haven communities to "America's musical art form," died on...

The choir brought holiday cheer to Woolsey Hall on Dec. 8 with a concert of British and American seasonal carols, including new works by Yale alumni.

In this edition, a jazz lecturer taps a Yale undergrad for a new Christmas album, a “frustrating” column inspires a new course, and a new urbanist is honored.

From improving health to building a more sustainable world, Yale’s innovation community remains focused on positively impacting the world’s greatest challenges.

With the year drawing to a close, we gathered some of our favorite Yale News stories from the past year, including stories that inspired us or gave us hope.

On Dec. 2, the Yale Camerata performed its annual Advent concert, “Sing Noël,” conducted by Felicia Barber in Woolsey Hall. Watch the full concert recording.

On Dec. 9, local high school students from Yale Pathways to Science came to Wright Lab to participate in a unique intersection of art and physics.