As a general rule, Yale puts little stock in external rankings. But every now and again, when there’s especially good news, it’s hard not to boast just a little.
And so we report that Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History, has not one...
Among Yale students and alumni, professor Fred Strebeigh ’74 B.A., who has taught at Yale since 1984, is something of a legend.
Nonfiction writing courses by Strebeigh, the senior lecturer emeritus in English and in the School of Forestry and...
Is there such a thing as “American” cuisine? And if so, how is it defined? Is the nation’s palate limited almost entirely to hot dogs, hamburgers, and pizza?
In his new book, “American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way,” Yale historian Paul Freedman gives...
Twenty first-year students sit around a crowded dining room table in Pauli Murray College, mulling over “A Song on How My Thatched Roof Was Ruined by the Autumn Wind,” a work by the prominent 8th century Chinese poet Du Fu.
The students are part of a new...