The U.S. State Department has approved a $1 million grant to help finance the Cambodian Genocide Program’s work at Yale and in Cambodia for the next five years. A previous grant for $500,000 lapses this year. The Cambodian Genocide Program – CGP,...
Marvin H. Pope, 81, Yale University professor emeritus and a noted Bible scholar, died June 15 at the First Church of Round Hill in Greenwich, CT. He and his wife, Ingrid, had just completed reading passages from the Bible to the congregation, when he...
The 1997 Aston Magna Academy opens on Sunday, June 15, at Yale University, and will continue through July 6. The Academy, part of the Aston Magna Foundation, combines a summer music festival, scholarly conference, and research institute. It brings...
Several handwritten scores by Franz Schubert – 1797-1828 – are on display at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday. On view through June 19, the exhibit includes Schubert’s sketches...
A bequest from Lancelot P. Ross, a renowned singer and composer who graduated from Yale College in 1928, has established funding for an undergraduate scholarship and general support for musical activities at Yale University. Under the terms of the...
Yale University biologist Craig M. Crews has discovered how a promising cancer medication, now in clinical trials, starves tumors by cutting off their blood supply. The discovery, for which Yale is seeking a patent, will enable pharmaceutical firms to...