Last year, Yale University lost a devastating 90 percent of its National Endowment for the Humanities funding. During fiscal year 1995, the NEH had granted Yale $3 million for research, book preservation, and other projects. In 1996 that figure...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $100,000 to Yale University in support of a Sawyer Seminar on “Millennium and Millennialism: Motifs and Movements,” Gustav Ranis, director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies – YCIAS – has...
In the end, it came down to a contest between the houses they called “the bulldog” versus “the pajama room.” The former had a spunky, tough look on its face; the latter, a cozy area overlooking the kitchen where children could say goodnight before...
The Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Indiana, has donated funds to Yale University in support of a Paul Rand Lectureship in the School of Art. The lectureship will bring to campus an eminent practitioner in the field of design who will deliver a...
A series of public concerts and lectures will be held at Yale University in conjunction with the 1997 Aston Magna Academy, which will take place at the University from June 15-July 6. The Aston Magna Academy combines elements of a summer music...
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies – YCIAS – will host a high-spirited celebration tonight honoring 169 New Haven-area students who participated in the High School Cooperative Language Program – HSCLP – at Yale this year. The event...
James L. Tobin, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Yale University’s Sterling Professor Emeritus of Economics, will receive the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Connecticut Bar Association – CBA – on June 16. Professor Tobin served on the Yale...
Lamin Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale University, will deliver a public lecture titled “America’s Example in the Establishment of Christianity in Africa: Antislavery and Antistructure,” on Friday, June 6...
A bequest from Lancelot P. Ross, a renowned singer and composer who graduated from Yale College in 1928, has established funding for an undergraduate scholarship and general support for musical activities at Yale University. Under the terms of the...
Several handwritten scores by Franz Schubert – 1797-1828 – are on display at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday. On view through June 19, the exhibit includes Schubert’s sketches...
