On December 5, U.S. Representative Christopher Shays and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh will be among distinguished panelists at a symposium examining the relationship between news organizations and American security agencies as they...
In his new book, “Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things” (Stanford University Press), Yale economist Ray C. Fair teaches the basics of social science methodology and provides ways to apply the lessons-from forecasting election outcomes and...
Fred Sander, M.D., will deliver a talk, “On the Universality of the Pygmalion-Galatea Process: From Genesis to Eugenics,” on November 21 at 8 p.m., at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, as part of the Muriel Gardiner Program in...
The Yale Divinity School has received a grant of over $1.5 million from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. to participate in a national program called “Sustaining Pastoral Excellence.” The program is a new effort of the Endowment to focus...
Robert Johnston, an associate professor in the history and American studies departments at Yale, has received the President’s Book Award from the Social Science History Association for his forthcoming work, “The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy...
The architectural firm Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates has donated its Eero Saarinen papers to the Manuscripts and Archives division of the Yale University Library. “We are delighted that it is now possible to transfer these important...
Edward James Olmos, actor, producer, director and social activist, will deliver the initial Chubb Lecture of this term on Friday, November 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Luce Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Olmos, who was born and raised in East Los Angeles, is...
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature” by Yale professor Susan E. Lederer, might not be in any child’s bag of goodies this Halloween, but aficionados of the legendary monster will likely find the book a timely treat. The richly illustrated...
The Association of Native Americans at Yale is hosting a talk and panel discussion in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 14. All events, which are free and open to the public, will take place in Davies Auditorium, Becton Engineering and...
The Yale Divinity School Annual Convocation Lecture Series will take place October 14-17. The following are highlights of the series: The series begins on October 14 at 4 p.m. with “A Dearth of Delight,” the first of three Beecher Lectures, “Poetry,...