Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture, has been named the J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture at Yale. A 1965 graduate of the school, Stern has served as its dean since September 1998. In that brief time, he has infused new...
At its annual Robert L. Bernstein Symposium March 31-April 1, the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School will award the 2000-2001 Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowships. This year’s symposium...
The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, with support from the Yale Law School and department of English, will host an interdisciplinary conference titled “Sexuality, Modernity and Social Theory” on March 31 and April 1. The conference will focus on...
Pulitzer-prize recipient Yusef Komunyakaa, one of the most compelling voices of his generation, will meet with students and hold a poetry reading at Yale during a visit March 29-30. Komunyakaa has published 11 books of poems, including the 1994...
Five-time Grammy-winner and mambo master Tito Puente will be honored by the Chubb Fellowship of Yale University on Thursday, April 6, with a symposium and concert celebrating his extraordinary contribution to Latin music. Both events are free and open...
The Center for Language Study at Yale will host a colloquium March 25 and 26 for administrators and language teachers at colleges and universities that are considering the establishment of their own language centers. In the colloquium, the directors of...
Yale President Richard C. Levin announced today that the University will give its acclaimed African American Studies Program the status of an interdisciplinary department, starting July 1, 2000. The Yale Corporation approved the change in status for...
The sixth annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, February 25 through 27. This year’s conference explores “Innovative Advocacy for a New Millennium.” Practitioners, law students, community activists and...
Yale University will host an international conference, “Sholem Asch Reconsidered,” analyzing the life and work of controversial Yiddish author Sholem Asch (1880-1957), from May 13 through 15. The conference is free and open to the public; no prior...
Painter and printmaker Alex Katz will speak at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., on February 9 at 6:30 p.m. Katz will speak on “The Impossibility of Realistic Painting.” Hosted by the Yale School of Art, his talk is free and open to the...