Novelist Deji Bryce Olukotun ’00 B.A. began writing fiction as a school kid. He would submit short stories to his teachers that they had not assigned him.
“They’d say, ‘Sure, fine, but you’re not going to get extra credit for it,’” Olukotun said. “I didn’...
Claudia Merson likes to compare Pathways to Science to a train: “Local students get on our STEM train, and it stops at various stations, each of which represents a different field or specialty. At any station, the students can say, ‘I love this, I’m...
This year marks an important new epoch for arts collaborations at Yale with the launch of the newly reimagined Center for Collaborative Arts and Media. The center, formerly known as the Digital Media Center for the Arts, has been renovated and rebranded...
In mid-2015, members of the Islamic State terrorist group used barrel bombs to destroy much of an ancient archaeological site in northern Iraq.
In mid-2017, a group of Yale students toured the site anyway.
The students didn’t actually travel to the...
“I love meeting new people at hackathons — the energy there, the excitement and the fervor,” said an 18-year-old hacker.
Benjamin Reichman was among the 1,100 students from roughly 100 colleges who came to Yale University for the international YHack...
In its fifth year, the Yale Day of Data fixed its gaze on the ways that vast streams of information have changed society — from its cities and citizens to the institutions that shape our world.
The daylong event on Dec. 1 brought together students,...