The Circus Maximus, the stadium where Romans gathered by the tens of thousands to watch chariot races and other spectacles, had lap counters shaped like dolphins. Those dolphins are visible on the sestertius of Trajan, an ancient coin celebrating the...
In the latest edition of Humanitas, a column focused on the arts and humanities at Yale, we catch up with a recent Ph.D. recipient whose dissertation on how “arson-for-profit” ravaged the Bronx and other urban areas in the 1970s earned a prestigious...
John Donatich, who has guided Yale University Press’s growth and success as a global publisher for 20 years, has been named to a fifth term as director, announced Yale Provost Scott Strobel and Susan Gibbons, vice provost for collections and scholarly...
An expansion of the American Sign Language program in Yale’s Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers more than a way for students to fulfill their language requirements. It has become an increasingly popular avenue for...