Xavier Washington found his voice at Yale.
That’s not to say he didn’t already have a strong baritone and singing chops when he arrived from Atlanta. Music was always an important part of his life. “I’ve been singing since I was able to talk,” he said....
There were times when she was homeless, foraging for food in dumpsters. There were periods when she felt directionless in life, angry at a system she felt was broken and irreparable. There were times when she simply defected from society.
But now, as...
Running down a list of all the courses she has taken at Yale, Alondra Vázquez López points out that many have “Mexico” in their title.
The country looms large in her life: It’s her father’s birthplace. And it’s where Vázquez López, a resident of Grace...
Yale was not Gabriella Blatt’s first-choice college until she visited the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) during a trip to campus for Bulldog Days. That, she said, was a “game changer.”
Blatt, who was accepted into seven Ivy League schools, was...
One of the enduring mysteries of the COVID-19 pandemic is why most children tend to experience fewer symptoms than adults after infection with the coronavirus. The immune system response that occurs in the rare cases in which children experience life-...
In September 2015, Deborah Berke was named dean of the Yale School of Architecture, becoming the first woman to lead the world-renowned institution.
As dean, Berke has led efforts to expand financial aid, established programs examining issues concerning...
As the human body’s largest organ, the skin is responsible for protecting against a wide range of possible infections on all fleshy surfaces, from head to toe. So how exactly does the skin organize its defenses against such an array of threats?
A new Yale...
Mastery of fire has given humans dominance over the natural world. A Yale-led study provides the earliest evidence to date of ancient humans significantly altering entire ecosystems with flames.
The study, published on May 5 in the journal Science...
Presidential nominees to top-level executive positions make headlines, and occasionally produce drama, but their experiences in the media’s glare do not provide a full picture of how presidents approach, and often game, the Senate confirmation process.
A...