With its roots planted firmly in Eastern European folk traditions, the Yale Slavic Chorus may seem an unlikely candidate as a feminist organization on campus. But behind the full skirts and peasant blouses, and the resonant, melodic harmonies, lies a...
In 1969, when the Asian American Students Alliance (AASA) was cofounded by Rocky Chin ’71 M.C.P., Lowell Chun-Hoon ’71 B.A., Don Nakanishi ’71 B.A., and Alice Young ’71 B.A., there were fewer than 60 Asian American students at Yale College, and no courses...
Susan Lennon ’85 M.P.P.M., chair of YaleWomen, remembers the moment when the group was effectively born. It was in 2010 at a conference called “Celebrating Yale Women: 40 Years in Yale College, 140 Years at Yale” and Linda Lorimer ’77 J.D., former...
When Patricia Melton ’83 B.A. first came to Yale in 1977, she was just trying to survive. She’d grown up in Cleveland as one of seven kids, and her mother passed away following a serious car accident when Melton was just 12. Through a program called A...
“There is something delicious and intuitive about storytelling that relies only on sound,” says Bonnie Antosh ’13 B.A., playwright and Shakespearean actor who works as literary manager for the live theater podcast “Playing on Air.” Each episode features a...
Although she just celebrated her 45th Yale reunion, Laurie Treuhaft ’73 B.A. remembers her Yale College classes so distinctly that she can still recall her professors’ words and conjure the emotions of those heady days. Treuhaft was part of the inaugural...