President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, a 1979 graduate of Yale Law School, to the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court being vacated by retiring Justice David H. Souter Sotomayor has served as a judge on the United...
The following were recipients of Honorary Degree Citations:Yale University Commencement 2009 Honorary Degree Citations Richard Serra You bend the frame of art, creating works that both invite and demand participation. Your focus on process does not end...
The following prizes were awarded at Yale College Class Day on May 24.The Sarai Ribicoff Award for the encouragement of teaching in Yale College was given to Beverly F. Gage, assistant professor of history. The Richard H. Brodhead ’68 Prize for teaching...
The following prizes were awarded at Yale College Class Day on May 24. THE ROBERT E. LEWIS PRIZE is given to seniors who best demonstrate the highest ideals of athletics and intramural competition. Diana Calla Maria Cohn Bridget Noetzel THE WILLIAM...
Author Christopher Buckley will be the featured speaker at this year’s Yale College Class Day ceremonies on Sunday, May 24. Buckley was born in New York City in 1952. He was educated at Portsmouth Abbey, shipped in the merchant marine and graduated cum...
Graduation ceremonies were held over Memorial Day weekend on the New Haven campus. Author Christopher Buckley spoke at the Yale College Class Day on May 24. The weekend included a variety of activities, including social events, performances and...
Fifty music educators from schools around the country will be honored for their outstanding work June 10–11 at the second biennial “Symposium on Music in Schools” hosted by Yale School of Music.The symposium will include a keynote address by arts activist...
Harold W. Attridge has been appointed as the first Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School (YDS). The new endowed deanship was created through a $5 million gift from Robert L. McNeil Jr. ’36 B.S. in honor of his grandfather, an 1877 graduate...
Fun, fanfare and fond farewells will be on the agenda when Yale celebrates its 308th Commencement weekend Saturday-Monday, May 23-25.The weekend includes a variety of events, from concerts and other performances to receptions and traditional ceremonies....
An estimated 1,000 high school students from seven Connecticut cities gathered in Woolsey Hall on May 6 for a rap concert with the message of non-violence and respect. The event, titled “Rap for Justice,” included performances by the Yale Concert Band,...