We are surrounded by screens — whether on our television, computer, tablet, or smart phone, or at the cinema. Their rise to pervasiveness and their influence on our perceptions of the world will be the focus of an interdisciplinary seminar series led by a...
Louise Glück, acclaimed poet and the Rosenkranz Writer in Residence at Yale, and award-winning author and biographer Ron Chernow ’70, are among the 12 distinguished recipients of the 2015 National Humanities Medals.President Barack Obama will award the...
“Grace Notes: Reflections for Now” defies easy explanation, which makes sense as defiance is part of its nature. Midway through “Grace Notes,” a group of young black men, members of the Yale chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, rhythmically step, clap,...
Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, director of the Center for Language Study (CLS), could explain the benefits of language study in seven or eight languages. Today, she chose English.“[Studying languages] is not so much about becoming perfect. You’ll never become...
History professor Steven Pincus, author of the new book “The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government,” muses about how the Founding Fathers would react to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s positions on economic policy,...