There will be a memorial service on Saturday, Nov. 16 for Yale poet and scholar John Hollander, who died on Aug. 17 at age 83.The service will take place at 3 p.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College streets. It will be followed by a reception in...
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...
Yale University will honor the life and work of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. with celebrations and services on campus and in the New Haven community.The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in New Haven in June, 1964, when he received an honorary Doctor of...