Elizabeth Alexander knows better than most what it’s like to make art for an unusually public and historic event: The poet and Yale professor wrote the celebratory poem for President Obama’s first inauguration, delivering it before a vast audience at the...
Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University and former director of the National Economic Council, will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Nov. 14.Lawrence SummersThe free and public lecture, titled “Economic Possibilities for Our Children,” will...
Dwight Hall at Yale will present the 2012 Curran Distinguished Mentor Award on Thursday, Nov. 8, to Shirley Sagawa, co-founder of Sagawa/Jospin Consulting Firm and a “Woman to Watch in the 21st Century,” according to Newsweek magazine.A national expert on...
As the nation hurtles toward November’s presidential election, Yale scholar Beverly Gage will put the contest in perspective on Tuesday, Oct. 16 — live and on the Web via @YaleLive.A professor of history and expert in U.S. political ideology and...