When theater studies major Aren Vastola ’14 found himself without a space to stage a formal production for his senior project, he turned “lemons into lemonade” and decided to pursue something entirely new and different.Vastola, who is part of a growing...
Thomas C. Duffy, director of University Bands and an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Music, will be part of a contingent travelling to Ghana this month. Duffy recently spoke with YaleNews about how the trip came to be, what he hopes he and his...
Eugene Kim ’16, a clarinetist and president of the Yale Concert Band, recently traveled to Ghana with the Yale Percussion Group for 12 days of cultural exchange, musical research, and community service. He recently spoke to YaleNews about his experiences...
Margaret Powell, who retired in May as the W.S. Lewis Librarian and executive director of the Lewis Walpole Library (LWL), met with YaleNews recently to discuss the retrospective exhibition that is currently on view there, some of the biggest initiatives...
In recognition of the centennial of the beginning of World War I, YaleNews recently met with David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, to talk about some of the most noted poets of that period and to examine some of their most powerful works. The...
YaleNews recently met with Kathryn Dudley, professor of anthropology and American studies, to talk about her recent book, “Guitar Makers: The Endurance of Artisanal Values in North America,” as well as how her upbringing in a working-class community...
In a talk before a full house in Yale’s University Theatre — the same theater where his play “Arcadia” will open on Oct. 3 — Tom Stoppard spoke about his creative process, the “phenomenon” of live theater, and how playwriting requires a certain amount of...