The bells of Harkness Tower will ring out on Thursday, April 9 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and continuing efforts for human rights today.Yale University and the City of New Haven are joining hundreds of communities...
In commemoration of the death of President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, YaleNews spoke with Steven B. Smith, the Alfred Cowles Professor of Government and Philosophy and a scholar on the writings of Abraham Lincoln.Alexander Gardner, “Abraham...
Analyzing ancient texts on cuneiform, or clay tablets, may seem like an esoteric endeavor.Not so, say the scholars working on the Yale Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP). They argue that these are just some of the first traces of a tradition that is...
Six members of the Yale faculty were honored with awards for outstanding teaching at a campus ceremony on April 27.The teachers were nominated by their students for the awards, which were presented by Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway. The Teaching,...