Lynn Nottage, a visiting lecturer at the School of Drama, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Ruined,” about a group of women who were raped and brutalized during the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The Pulitzer board described...
Twenty-five University departments are taking part in the Y-Bike program, which was launched a year ago by the Yale Transportation Options office. The bicycles come fully-equipped with fenders, lights, bell, rack, rear basket(s), odometer, combination U-...
Eleven Yale faculty members have been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) in recognition of their contributions to the advancement of science.To be elected to the academy, scientists and engineers must achieve distinction...
Paintings by some of the leading artists of the Victorian period - all collected by entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway as an educational tool for college women - are featured in a new exhibition opening May 7 at the Yale Center for British...
David M. Smith, the Morris K. Jessup Professor Emeritus of Silviculture at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), died on March 7 at the Whitney Center in Hamden. He was 87.After earning his Master of Forestry in 1946 from F&ES...
Music and memories commingled when members of Shades gathered on campus to mark the Yale a capella group’s 20th year April 17-19.The event was part reunion, marking the first time alumni from the group were brought together, and part anniversary...
Three works by graduating playwrights at the Yale School of Drama will be staged May 8-17 during the fourth annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays.There will be 12 performances of the plays - “American Catnip” by Mattie Brickman, “The Bedtrick” by Matt...
Centuries-old case reports - documents that are a fundamental source for the study and practice of law in the Anglo-American common law system - are on view in “Landmarks in Law Reporting,” a new exhibition at the Lillian Goldman Law Library’s Rare Book...
Pediatrician Dr. Stuart Orkin, who is investigating the role of stem cells in the development of blood disorders and cancer, will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, May 12, at Student Research Day, the Yale School of Medicine’s annual salute to the...
Thirteen Yale College juniors received honors from the Council of Masters in recognition of their scholarship, contributions to college life and their character. The prizes, winning students and their award citations follow:F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial...