President Richard C. Levin announced today that David A. Kessler, the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will become dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, effective July 1, 1997. Dr. Kessler is a graduate of the Harvard...
Members of the print and electronic media are invited to attend a Yale community meeting at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, Feb. 13, at which Yale President Richard C. Levin will announce a major appointment of interest to the Yale and New Haven-area...
It’s coming soon to a multiplex near you: Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad,” the drama of a group of Africans kidnapped into slavery who rose up against their captors in 1839, fought for, and eventually won their freedom. Don’t miss the movie – even though...
Harold Riley, jazz band director at New Haven Arts and Humanities Cooperative Magnet High School, will be guest conductor for the Yale Concert Band on Wednesday, December 3, at 8 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove streets. Thomas C. Duffy...
The Board of Trustees of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale has elected R. William Franklin as its next dean, effective January 5, 1998. He succeeds the Very Reverend Philip Turner who has held the position since 1991. Dr. Franklin will also serve as...
Poet Jorie Graham will present a reading from her work on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 8:30 p.m. in the Byers Hall Common Room of Yale University’s Silliman College, 505 College St. Ms. Graham is author of seven volumes of poetry including “The Dream of the...
Open End Theater, based at Yale University, will perform a powerful interactive drama in the gymnasium of Nathan Hale Middle School, 480 Townsend Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 9 a.m. Members of the media are invited to observe, photograph –...
Three area councils at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies – YCIAS – have been awarded funding in a national competition held every three years through the U.S. Department of Education. As comprehensive national resource centers offering...
The Digital Media Center for the Arts at Yale will host its first annual symposium on Friday, Nov. 21, 1-5 p.m., in the Lecture Hall of the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. Titled “University Libraries and Museums in the Digital Marketplace...
Yale University and the New Haven Free Public Library will host a talk and discussion with Carol Rasco, senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 4:30 p.m., at the New Haven Free Public Library program room...