Elizabeth Alexander knows better than most what it’s like to make art for an unusually public and historic event: The poet and Yale professor wrote the celebratory poem for President Obama’s first inauguration, delivering it before a vast audience at the...
The year 2020 was a year unlike any other.
Just weeks into the year, COVID-19 upended life as we knew it — at Yale, in Connecticut, across the country and the world. As the enormity of the challenge became apparent, members of the Yale community scrambled...
While taking two Yale College courses this summer and living on campus, rising junior Vanessa Cheng felt a sense of adventure reminiscent of her earliest weeks at Yale.
Participating in Yale Summer Session (YSS) has allowed her to take classes she might...