In her just-released book, “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups” (Viking), noted early childhood educator and Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis argues that most of today’s youngest schoolchildren...
Before taking part in a conversation on “Character, Flourishing, and the Good Life” with New York Times columnist David Brooks (see related story), Yale Divinity School professor and long-time associate faculty member in the humanities Miroslav Volf...
In a conversation on “Character, Flourishing, and the Good Life” on Feb. 22, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Yale theologian Miroslav Volf agreed on at least one major point: In today’s world, people are “thirsty” to find deep meaning in their...
The story of American abolitionism is often told in a way that discounts the significance of slave resistance in the antislavery movement and is unnecessarily divided along racial lines, historian Manisha Sinha said in a Feb. 18 panel discussion on campus...
One of the most moving experiences journalist April Ryan has had during her 28 years of covering the White House happened while attending an art exhibition with former First Lady Laura Bush.Bush had invited Ryan to walk from the White House across the...
The Windham-Campbell Prizes at Yale University announced on March 1 this year’s nine prize recipients, who are honored for their literary achievements or their potential. The writers — who hail from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, and...
Indigenous feminist activism and performance will be explored in a campus event on Tuesday, March 8, which is International Women’s Day.At the event, artist Maria Hupfield and scholar and activist Jaskiran Dhillon will present their work on the integral...
Airea D. Matthews, a Detroit-based poet and 2013 Pushcart Prize nominee, has been selected the 2016 Yale Younger Poet for her manuscript “simulacra.”The prize, the oldest annual literary award in the United States, is awarded by Yale University Press....