Voting has opened in the 2019 Alumni Fellow Election, which will determine the next alumni fellow of the Yale Board of Trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation. Eligible alumni from around the world have until May 19 to cast their ballots for one...
With its roots planted firmly in Eastern European folk traditions, the Yale Slavic Chorus may seem an unlikely candidate as a feminist organization on campus. But behind the full skirts and peasant blouses, and the resonant, melodic harmonies, lies a...
In 1969, when the Asian American Students Alliance (AASA) was cofounded by Rocky Chin ’71 M.C.P., Lowell Chun-Hoon ’71 B.A., Don Nakanishi ’71 B.A., and Alice Young ’71 B.A., there were fewer than 60 Asian American students at Yale College, and no courses...
Four Yale alumni are among nearly 70 students from around the world who have been selected 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars. They are Anthony Kayruz ’17, Seth Kolker ’15, Charles Stone ’14, and Zachary Young ’17. Scholars receive full funding for graduate...
Susan Lennon ’85 M.P.P.M., chair of YaleWomen, remembers the moment when the group was effectively born. It was in 2010 at a conference called “Celebrating Yale Women: 40 Years in Yale College, 140 Years at Yale” and Linda Lorimer ’77 J.D., former...
When Patricia Melton ’83 B.A. first came to Yale in 1977, she was just trying to survive. She’d grown up in Cleveland as one of seven kids, and her mother passed away following a serious car accident when Melton was just 12. Through a program called A...