As executive director of Yale Dining Services, overseeing 27 campus food operations, Rafi Taherian is keenly aware of the truth of the saying that “the best is the enemy of the good” — that a demand by food purists for organic, local and fresh ingredients...
Love becomes uncontrollable and monstrous in the School of Drama’s next production, Jean Racine’s dramatic tragedy “Phédre.”The play runs Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 27-31, at the University Theatre, 222 York St. It will be directed by third-year drama student...
What if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology? Could this help resolve the undeniable global problems we face today within the context of a new cosmic perspective?These are among the questions that will be...
The work and influence of American psychoanalyst Erik Erikson will be highlighted in a lecture and exhibition on campus this month.The exhibit, “Erik Erikson at Yale and Riggs: Clarifying Links Between Child Development and Adult Resilience,” which will...
There’s a bit of buzz around campus that Yale senior Max Lanman is the go-to guy for those who want to learn how to do “the honey bee.”That’s a dance that Lanman and his brother Connor, a freshman at Stanford University, choreographed in conjunction with...
A group of women struggle to navigate the brutalities of the civil war in Liberia in “Eclipsed,” the second play in the Yale Repertory Theatre’s 2009-2010 season.Written by Obie Award-winning playwright Danai Gurira, “Eclipsed” is directed by Liesl Tommy...
On a wind-whipped afternoon under the aerial salute of a great egret, a great blue heron and a host of curious seagulls, officials from the City of New Haven and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History unveiled an educational exhibit at Lighthouse...
Yale and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) hosted the U.S-India Energy Partnership Summit in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1The summit brought together leaders from both governments, industry, academia and non-profit organizations for a dialogue about...
Polish poet and translator Piotr Sommer has been appointed by the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC) as the Franke Visiting Fellow for the fall semester.On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Sommer will give a public reading, “Overdoing It and Other Poems,” at 4:30 p.m. in...
A workshop titled “Dancing with Parkinson’s” will be presented on Friday, Oct. 30, by the Yale and Beyond Parkinson’s Support Group.Specifically aimed at individuals with Parkinson’s disease, the workshop will take place 2-3:15 p.m. at the Neighborhood...