In conjunction with Yale’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Noah Webster (see related story), Sterling Memorial Library is hosting an exhibition about the renowned lexicographer.Titled “Noah Webster: American Patriot and Yale Loyalist...
The Yale Babylonian Collection is participating in an international research project that is examining human interaction with the environment in Mesopotamia, specifically salinization in Umma, an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia.Max Bichler from the...
Akhil Reed Amar, newly designated as Sterling Professor of Law, is a scholar of constitutional law, the Bill of Rights and criminal procedure.Amar is a co-editor of a leading law casebook, “Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking,” and is the author of...
Heather Kristin Gerken, the inaugural J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, is one of the country’s leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process and the relationship between diversity and democracy.Gerken is...
A new professorship has been established in honor of Yale economist and former provost William C. Brainard by his friends and colleagues.Benjamin Polak has been named the inaugural William C. Brainard Professor of Economics (see related story).The...
Benjamin Polak, who has been named the first William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, is an expert on decision theory, game theory and economic history.The professorship was established by friends and colleagues of Yale economist William C. Brainard...
Joseph H. Britton, newly designated as the inaugural J.L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Pastoral Theology, is the dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a scholar on piety as the synthesis of religious...
Huynh Sanh Thong, considered the preeminent translator of Vietnamese poetry and literature into English and the former director of the Yale Southeast Asian Refugee Project, died on Nov. 17 of sudden heart failure. He was 82 years old. Huynh dedicated much...
Elizabeth Alexander, an award-winning poet and Yale professor of African American studies and English literature, has been selected to compose and read an original poem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. “I’m completely...
Yale University will celebrate the memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) with a week of special events, January 15–23, dedicated to the theme “Because of His Dream: ‘Yes, We Can.’” The events are free and open to the public. To launch...
