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...
In today’s world, cultural heritage — a term Yale University President Peter Salovey referred to as “the essential record of humanity” — is increasingly under attack by threats ranging from climate change, terrorism, theft, mass tourism, and war. Historic...
Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI), a startup founded by Yale scientists Michel Devoret, Luigi Frunzio, and Robert Schoelkopf, has raised $18 million in venture funding to build and sell the first practical and useful quantum computers.
QCI will focus on...