In 1968, when Su Wei left his family behind and voluntarily joined the millions of urban youth who were being sent by Chinese leader Mao Zedong into the countryside to work the land as part of a “re-education” movement, his spirit was nearly broken.
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When it comes to mountaineering, Yale professor Joseph G. Manning is a self-described “newbie.” But this summer, each step he’s taken toward a mountain summit has helped prepare him for a climb in September that he hopes to remember for the rest of his...
Just recently settled in from locations around the globe — among them Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, France and India — Yale’s newest group of World Fellows is eager to become acquainted with the campus as they begin their coursework and share in...
Every now and then, Yale junior Nathaniel Meyer hosts “listening parties” in his dorm room, where he and his friends generally sit silently, sometimes with the lights out.Together, they listen to long symphonic masterpieces by composers such as Mahler or...
