Alanna Pyke
Alanna Pyke of Timothy Dwight College, a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major hailing from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, has been described as a “fearless leader” of the Native community known for her “grace, dignity, and...
Jonathan Salazar
Jonathan Salazar of Pauli Murray College, an Ethnicity, Race & Migration major, has been described as a leader, a friend, and a scholar. Arriving at Yale as a second-year student, with an acute understanding of what it was like to be...
Andrea Masterson
Andrea Masterson of Jonathan Edwards College, one of the most accomplished runners in Yale women’s cross country history, is the recipient of the 2019 Nellie Pratt Elliot Award, the most prestigious athletic award given to a senior female...
Alexis “a.k.” Payne
Alexis “a.k.” Payne of Berkeley College is an accomplished dramatist with astonishing promise. A double major in African-American Studies and English, she graduates with distinction in both, and with a Concentration in Playwriting. In...
These 11 individuals received honorary degrees at the Yale Commencement ceremony on May 20.
Read the award citations of the 2019 honorands.
Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Adichie is an acclaimed author whose novels, non-fiction, and lectures have vaulted...
This Class Reflection was read by Larry Fulton ’19 of Jonathan Edwards College during the Class Day program on May 19.
My friend Mo claims that he can spot a Yalie anywhere. He said, “I saw the Whiffenpoofs in Beijing.” Made me wonder — how did he know it...
Graduating Seniors revel in Yale’s tradition of wearing outrageous hats on Class Day.
The 2019 Class Day ceremony was held on May 19 on Old Campus — a welcome return to form following last year’s indoor ceremony. The celebrated novelist and essayist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who received her master of arts in African studies from Yale in...