120 years. It’s the length of the “reduced” sentence that Scott Lewis was handed by the Connecticut courts when he was convicted for murder in 1991. It’s also the title of a 2018 documentary about Lewis’ wrongful conviction and ultimate exoneration, made...
Russian novelist Ivan Goncharov is best known today for his 1859 novel “Oblomov,” an inventive satire of the waning Russian nobility, embodied in its title character, who is so sedentary and slothful that “Oblomovism” is still synonymous with “laziness.”...
For her pioneering work in computer science, Grace Murray Hopper ’30 M.A., ’34 Ph.D. has been dubbed the “queen of code” by her biographers. Yet, beneath that crown was the brain of a mathematician, according to an article in Notices of the American...
When American moviegoers hear the phrase “Italian film,” Millicent Marcus, founder of Yale’s annual New Italian Film Festival, encourages them to think outside the black-and-white, neorealist box of 1960s classics by major directors like Fellini,...
For the third summer in a row, Yale GIS (geographic information systems) librarian Miriam Olivares shared her expertise with the participants in New Haven’s annual DigiCamp — a free, three-day coding and computer technology camp for 8th to 12th graders...
“Internships are a gateway to employment for a lot of students nowadays,” says Patricia Melton ’83 B.A., president of New Haven Promise, a scholarship and support program for students who have attended the public schools in New Haven, Conn. “A lot of...
“Many of us here have potential that was never realized,” said Luis (last name withheld), an incarcerated student, when reflecting on his experience in two Yale English classes. “Educational opportunities like this, which actually challenge us, help us...
Peter Raymond and Craig Brodersen of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) have received grants to further their work through National Science Foundation (NSF) 2018 “Understanding the Rules of Life” awarding campaign.
On May 23, 2017, the 316th commencement of Yale University was held on Old Campus. Of the over 1,332 undergraduates graduating that day, 34 students stood out. These 34 graduates in the class of 2017 were members of the inaugural class of the Freshman...