Mary Ellen Miller, an expert on the art of Mesoamerica, has been named the first Vincent J. Scully Professor of the History of Art by vote of the Yale Corporation. The new chair was established in January in honor of Vincent J. Scully Jr., the longtime...
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley will visit the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, 444 Orange St., on Thursday, March 19. His visit celebrates the partnerships between New Haven Public Schools and Yale University,...
A $1 million endowment to boost geography education in Connecticut local schools will be launched by the National Geographic Society, the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority and Yale University next week. National Geographic Society -NGS- Chairman...
Looking for a story about Ireland in time for St. Patrick’s Day? According to research by a Yale University economist, the population of Ireland fell precipitously in the years before the first World War – and never rebounded. This sharp decline in...
Yale University’s Center for International and Area Studies will inaugurate a pioneering program with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to promote scholarly and public policy research on Mexico. Sharing a $300,000 grant from the Hewlett...
Harvard University Professor Elaine Scarry will deliver the 1998 Tanner Lectures on March 25 and 26 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The talks will focus on “Beauty and its Relation to Justice.” The first...
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel, Yale University will exhibit treasures from the Holy Land that are part of the University’s collections, now through April 30. The exhibition will include books about...
The American Library Association ALA has announced that it will award the Dartmouth Medal, the highest prize it gives a reference book, to “Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia” Routledge 1998 , edited by Paula E. Hyman, Yale...
A $1.3 million grant has been given to Yale by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to strengthen the teaching of foreign languages throughout the University. Yale President Richard C. Levin, in thanking the Foundation, commented: “The command of foreign...
A symposium that charts the future and examines the past of the legal status of sexual harassment will be held at Yale University, Friday, Feb. 27-Sunday, March 1. The conference celebrates the 20th anniversary of the publication of Catharine A....
