Yale University today praised Paul Mellon as belonging in the highest company of philanthropists. He devoted his life to supporting and sustaining human causes – higher education, the arts, research in religion and psychiatry, and the preservation of...
Stephen Skowronek, an expert on American politics whose scholarship has focused on the nation’s presidents and the institution of the presidency, has been named the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science by vote of the Yale Corporation...
Edwin McClellan, a leading scholar and translator of Japanese literature, has been named Sterling Professor of Japanese Studies by vote of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University. McClellan, who has been a member of the Yale faculty...
David R. Mayhew, a noted specialist on American government and politics, has been named Sterling Professor of Political Science by vote of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University. Mayhew is an authority on American political parties...
Readings from the works of Harlem Renaissance writers, concerts featuring African-American music and a forum about the true nature of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, will be among the events taking place at...
Robert White Creeley has been named the winner of the 1999 Bollingen Prize in Poetry, called “America’s top poetry award” by the New York Times. The Bollingen Prize, established by the late Paul Mellon in 1949, is awarded biennially by the Yale...
The Yale School of Music has opened its doors to students from the Cooperative High School for the Arts and Humanities for three days of intensive music-making, Feb. 15-17. The program, called “Winter Musical Immersion eXperience,” or Winter MIX, for...
Yale University will host a panel discussion on “Issues and Challenges Confronting Faith-Based Organizations Involved in Community Development Initiatives” on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4-6 p.m., in the Common Room at Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St....
On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27, former CIA officials, historians, novelists and scholars will discuss the shadowy world of the spy at a conference hosted by Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Members of the media are welcome to attend...