Three Yale faculty members were among 181 individuals awarded fellowships by The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowships are awarded annually to mid-career individuals who have already demonstrated excellence in scholarship, research...
John Lewis Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, has been awarded a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his book “George F. Kennan: An American Life” (Penguin Press).Four Yale alumni have also received Pulitzers this year.John Lewis Gaddis“George F....
“Overfamiliar yet always unknown, the enigma of Hamlet is emblematic of the greater enigma of Shakespeare himself: a vision that is everything and nothing, a person who was…everyone and no one, an art so infinite that it contains us, and will go on...
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The iceberg wasn’t the only culprit in the Titanic’s sinking; In this edition of “Science Xplained,” scientist Ainissa Ramirez demonstrates how the metal rivets that held the ship together became brittle in the frigid waters and broke apart on impact with...