Patrick Del Percio first showed an interest in learning the Cherokee language at the age of seven, when their family visited a living history museum portraying a 1760s Cherokee village. Del Percio asked the tour guide for the Cherokee word for “hello.”...
Just a few decades ago, every residential college at Yale College housed its own traditional printing press as a service to students. Although most of those presses have disappeared in the face of digital technologies and graphic design software, there...
The publishers of the first printed collection of Shakespeare’s plays had to come up with a sales marketing strategy — or what passed for one in 1623.
On a Friday afternoon this spring, a group of students slowly streamed into a classroom at 370 Temple Street, chatting as they found their seats. As they settled in, the instructor, Lauri Lafferty, grabbed their attention. “Today, we’re learning about...
The eight recipients of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes will come to the Yale campus next week for a four-day literary festival to celebrate reading and the written word with the local community.
The annual festival, which begins Sept. 19,...
In just a few years since graduating from Yale College, Ayanna Woods ’15 has become one of the most sought-after young composers in the United States.
A Grammy-nominated performer, composer, and bandleader, her music has been featured in films, theater...
