Sydney Nathans, professor emeritus of history at Duke University, has won the 2013 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book “To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker” (Harvard University Press).The prize was created jointly by Yale University’s...
President Barack Obama has nominated alumna and former Yale trustee Janet Louise Yellen ’71 Ph.D. as chair of the Federal Reserve. She will replace Ben S. Bernanke, whose term expires on Jan. 31. Yellen’s appointment, if confirmed, will make her the first...
YaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email.Jim Crow Wisdom:...