Elizabeth Alexander knows better than most what it’s like to make art for an unusually public and historic event: The poet and Yale professor wrote the celebratory poem for President Obama’s first inauguration, delivering it before a vast audience at the...
Conservation scientist and professor Stefan Simon has been named director of the newly established Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) at Yale’s West Campus. The IPCH serves as the overarching international hub directing the various...
From the appointment of new deans to the endowment of Yale’s first professorship in poetry to the surprising results of an eye exam for an ancient sea scorpion, there was was certainly no shortage of news this summer. In fact, the following headlines...
There’s a new class of Truman and Udall Scholars for 2015, and three Yalies are among them.Truman Scholars Vivek Vishwanath ’16 and Ellie Dupler-McClintock ’16 are among 58 college students selected from 688 candidates to be 2015 Truman Scholars, one of...
Even as students took a break from academics, Yale remained as busy as ever this summer. From new faculty appointments to repurposing a miracle arthritis drug to Connecticut’s largest U.S. naturalization ceremony, there was plenty to talk about since...