During her 50 years as a teacher, almost 30 of them at Yale, Sterling Professor of English Ruth Yeazell ’71 Ph.D. has sometimes wondered if, fired up by her literary passions, she talks too much in her classes.
So, in two of her three classes this...
When Thomas Allen Harris learned his brother was HIV positive in the early 1990s, he did the only thing he could think of to cope with the news: He picked up a video camera to chronicle his brother’s life.
At that time, the diagnosis was a “death sentence...
“Turbulent,” “shattering,” “unforgettable”: These are the words that are frequently used to describe the year 1968, when the United States and Europe encountered a range of social justice struggles — anti-war activist movements, student protests,...
Three Yale faculty members have been awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
This year’s winners are: Alexey Fedorov, professor of geology and geophysics; Martin Hägglund, professor of comparative literature and of humanities...
It’s a few minutes before 9:25 a.m. when students quietly shuffle into a basement classroom in Dow Hall. While it’s not surprising that these students are quiet at that time on a Monday morning, what is surprising is that the silence will continue...
Yale University today announced bold new investments in the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) that will accelerate the university’s educational and research missions.
The plan calls for 45 new...
Two Yale faculty members are among a group of 180 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists awarded 2022 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Daphne A. Brooks, a scholar of African-American literature and culture, performance...