Acclaimed poet Elizabeth Alexander ’84 returned “home” to the Yale campus for Class Day on Sunday, extolling freedom, education, and the imperative of speaking truth to power.
“If we deserve the power, the imagination, the historical perspective, the...
For centuries, Yale College seniors and faculty have gathered before Commencement for a ceremony with an address at its heart. The sermon of days past has given way to an address by Yale’s president and readings by the dean of Yale College, although...
Eleven members of the Yale College Class of 2023 who distinguished themselves in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in their communities were honored with top prizes today in one of Class Day’s most treasured traditions. The prizes were awarded by...
For centuries, “The Wonders of Things Created and Rarities of Matters Existent,” a seminal work of natural history and cosmology by 13th-century Persian scholar and judge Zakariyya Qazwini, has taken its readers on a journey into the mysteries and...