Six individuals with ties to Yale, including two members of the Department of English faculty, have been honored with 2016 MacArthur Fellowships for their creative contributions and talent. They are among 23 individuals to win the prestigious award,...
Of all the accolades she has received as the director-general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is especially proud of being awarded honorary citizenship of Timbuktu in Mali last summer in recognition of UNESCO’s support in rebuilding mausoleums there that had been...
Twelve years after the Revolutionary War, members of the Mashpee tribe in Massachusetts petitioned the state’s General Assembly to demand their share of the freedom and liberty achieved in the hard-fought victory over the British monarchy.“At the close of...