Former members of the El Salvadoran military, including several members of the High Command, were recently indicted their roles in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women during El Salvador’s civil war — thanks in good part to work by...
The true story of a youngster accused of witchcraft, three teenagers who decide to become single mothers together and the collision of faith and science — these are the themes of the three original works that will be honed for the stage at workshops at...
Andrew J. Casson, the newly appointed Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics, is an expert on geometric topology who has made influential mathematical discoveries.Casson has worked in high-dimensional manifold topology and 3- and 4-dimensional...
Jennifer Herdt, who was recently named the Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics, specializes in the history of moral thought since the 17th century, classical and contemporary virtue ethics, and contemporary Protestant social ethics and...
A film about two CIA agents — one of them a Yale alumnus — who spent two decades as prisoners of war in China, was shown on June 3 during the 60th reunion of the Class of 1951 on campus.Titled “Extraordinary Fidelity,” the hour-long film blends...
In April, the Yale School of Medicine hosted some of the world’s preeminent scientists in a two-day gathering, to help celebrate the start of the school’s third century.Seven Nobel laureates were among the 15 scientists who spoke about the critical issues...
Beinecke Plaza will once again be transformed into a teeming marketplace when Yale Dining holds its first Uncommon Market of the summer season there on Friday, June 10, from noon to 1:30 p.m.Summer fruits and vegetables, fruit juices and fresh-baked...
Eastern and western musical traditions will intertwine when cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble presents a free concert on the New Haven Green on Saturday, June 11, the opening day of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.The performance, which...
The Yale Cabaret is a “must-see” highlight of a trip to New Haven, according to the June 8 episode of “Man v. Food Nation” on the Travel Channel.During his visit to the Elm City, host Adam Richman ate at Louis Lunch, home of the first hamburger, enjoyed a...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin today announced the creation of the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, funded by a gift of $25 million from Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin ‘78. The Institute, to be housed on Yale’s West...