Linda H. Peterson, the Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English, died on June 25, after a long battle with cancer. She was 66 years old.Linda H. PetersonA member of the Yale faculty for 38 years, Peterson was a scholar of Victorian prose and an authority on...
Numerous New Haveners will assemble on the morning of Saturday, July 4 at the grave of “a man of approved integrity; a cool, discerning Judge; a prudent, sagacious politician; a true, faithful, and firm patriot,” as Roger Sherman is described on his...
As the nation celebrates Independence Day on July 4, it’s worth noting that not only has Yale been a university longer than the United States has been a country — by a full 75 years — but also that many of its alumni played an integral role in its...
“For me, it’s exhilarating,” Margaret H. Marshall ’76 J.D. ’12 LL.D. (Hon.) told the Boston Globe on June 26, about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that the Constitution guarantees the right to marriage for...