In his newest novel, “A View of the Empire at Sunset,” Yale English professor Caryl Phillips imagines the life of famed author Jean Rhys — from her early days living on the island of Dominica, through her days feeling like an outsider while she was a...
On his official website, Yale sophomore Ziad Ahmed describes himself as “just your average teenager grappling with identity, struggling to balance it all, pursuing his passions, and spending way too much time on Twitter.”
As of this writing, he had not...
Yale senior Makayla Haussler and recent graduate Rohan Naik ’18 are among the 12 individuals selected as Mitchell Scholars.
The U.S.-Ireland Alliance, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, selected the scholarship winners following final...
As he was nearing the end of his service as a U.S. Army Ranger and thinking about college, Andrew Nguyen ’22 couldn’t imagine he’d ever be admitted to Yale.
Now in his first semester on campus as a student in the university’s Eli Whitney Students Program...
When she was growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, journalist and author April Ryan often gathered with her family to hear popular CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite broadcast the news. When he did, he presented the facts — relaying the “five W’s” of who, what,...
To celebrate Yale’s hosting of City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) on the West Campus, all members of the campus community are invited to a special Preview Day on Friday, Oct. 26, when they can view the works of over 200 artists — as well as special events and...
At a certain time in his life, Yale School of Music graduate Daniel Juarez M.M. ’02 aspired to a successful career as an opera star. These days, however, he measures success a bit differently.
Today, he says, he has the “best of both worlds”: a job at...
Hailed for his musical originality and innovation, Russian composer and pianist Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was considered so avant-garde in his early days that he hardly seemed influenced by the composers who came before him, says Yale pianist Boris...
A new website has been launched to help undergraduates manage their money and budgets. The site, Financial Literacy: Managing Your Money at Yale, also features the new online funding request system, SafetyNet, through which undergraduates can request...
As part of its 100th-year celebration, the Yale Concert Band will open its season with a concert featuring a duo of pieces from 1918 and will play a piece in honor of Leonard Bernstein, who shared a birthday with the band (also 1918).
