Last fall, after Provost Peter Salovey was announced as the University’s next president, the Yale Daily News queried students about the role and responsibilities of a Yale provost. Not many of those interviewed were in the know.The provost, guessed one...
Elizabeth Alexander knows better than most what it’s like to make art for an unusually public and historic event: The poet and Yale professor wrote the celebratory poem for President Obama’s first inauguration, delivering it before a vast audience at the...