Elizabeth Alexander ’84, a decorated poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and cultural advocate who was a professor of African American studies, American studies, and English at Yale for 15 years, will deliver the 2023 Class Day address.
Class Day...
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ’71 Ph.D. arrived at Yale as a graduate student in 1967, she was excited to work with the economist James Tobin. A distinguished teacher and renowned economist who would go on to win the Nobel Prize, Tobin...
When Tina Lu, head of Pauli Murray College, first commissioned an artistic work to commemorate the residential college’s namesake, she had three requirements: She wanted something “monumental,” “enduring,” and “challenging.”
This week, at an unveiling of...
