This spring marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of “All Our Kin,” Carol Stack’s path-breaking ethnography of the survival strategies of African-American women living in poverty in urban America. A conference honoring the legacy of Stack’s work...
Marc Brackett, a research scientist in psychology and deputy director of the Health, Emotion and Behavior Laboratory at Yale, has been honored as the outstanding young researcher of the year by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning...
There will be a memorial service for Huynh Sanh Thong, former director of the Yale Southeast Asian Refugee Project, on Saturday, May 2, at 1 p.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm streets. A reception will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the Yale...
The Gitameit Voices, the choir of the only community music school in Burma, will give a concert with Yale student groups on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange St.According to concert organizers, Gitameit Voices is the first...
Yale neurologist Stephen G. Waxman will receive the William S. Middleton Award at ceremonies that will include a reception at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 29, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced.The Middleton Award is the VA’s...
In the first study to gauge the benefits of anger control training in adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS), researchers at the Yale Child Study Center have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is helpful for short-term improvement in anger and...
Yale University Bands and Rap Group 4PEACE are soliciting high school students from Connecticut schools to submit lyrics over backbeats provided by hip-hop artists 4PEACE.The student who writes the best rap with a positive message will perform at Yale...
The annual celebration of town-gown harmony known as “Communiversity Day” will take place on April 25, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. on Yale University’s historic Old Campus, bordered by College, Elm, High and Chapel streets.This event, featuring music, dance and...
Nandan Nilekani, Co-Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies, will speak at Yale University on May 1 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.Nilekani’s talk, “India at the Crossroads:...
Yale University will hold its fourth annual Italian film festival, “Italian Cinema: New Directors, New Directions,” April 23–26, in the Whitney Humanities Center auditorium, 53 Wall St. All screenings are free and open to the public.The films, in Italian...