Michael Della Rocca, newly designated as the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, is an authority on the history of early modern philosophy (particularly rationalism) and metaphysics, who is also interested in philosophy of mind and epistemology....
A new entrance to the Yale Bowl will be officially dedicated on Saturday, Nov. 21, the morning of the Yale-Harvard football game at the Class of ‘54 Field.The opening of the Kenney Center and Jensen Plaza mark the final phase of the $30 million...
There will be a lot of longstanding traditions in play when the Elis face the Crimsons for the 126th time on Saturday, Nov. 21, in their annual gridiron rivalry, but actually getting to the Yale Bowl this year will be, well, a whole new ballgame.In order...
“Portraits of War” featuring women from the Democratic Republic of Congo are on view through Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center at Saint Thomas More The Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale, 268 Park St.Titled “Congo/Women,” the exhibit...
Imagine being able to help others live a better life — all by chowing down some chili.That opportunity awaits participants in the first Annual Chili Throw-Down Competition on Friday, Nov. 13, in Commons Dining Hall (inside Woolsey Hall), corner of Grove...
When the gavel descends at the end of this year’s Homelessness and Hunger Auction at the School of Medicine, lucky bidders will be walking away with everything from a day of sailing on Long Island Sound to a “dang good pot of cheese grits” and other...
After spending 24 hours combing the woods, rivers and beaches of Stratford, Connecticut, and finding a record 977 species, Yale volunteers who took part in the latest BioBlitz have again made some unusual findings.A rare insect, a shrimp-like crustacean...
The increasingly contentious role of religion in the armed forces will be explored in a conference being presented Friday-Saturday, Nov. 13-14 by the Yale Divinity School (YDS) and Yale Law School.“Faith and Arms in a Democratic Society: A Working...
Free tours of the campus will be offered in seven different languages on Saturday, Nov. 14, by the Yale Visitor Center.The tours, which are open to the public, will be led by student guides in the Yale Visitor Center’s International Ambassadors Program....
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow in African American Studies at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will read from her work on Wednesday, Nov. 18.The event, part of the Yale Collection of...