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December 9, 2021
Jacqueline Goldsby, who has opened new avenues for African American studies and the study of literature both at Yale and beyond, has been appointed the Thomas E. Donnelley...
November 29, 2021
Yale College Dean Marvin Chun will host a gathering in the spring of 2022, in person if public health conditions permit, to honor the recipients of this year’s annual Poorvu...
November 21, 2021
This past week, the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a sharp reminder of 2020’s summer of protest against police violence. After a police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last...
November 12, 2021
Psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff analyzes data on how racial bias affects police behavior. He shares how communities can rethink their public safety systems, and ultimately...
November 4, 2021
Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson has been awarded the 2021 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his groundbreaking urban ethnographies documenting violence and life in inner-...
October 7, 2021
From Bessie Smith to Béyonce, Black feminine sound has significantly contributed to the foundation of American music. According to Daphne Brooks — an award-winning author and...
October 1, 2021
Pickens grew up in Laurelton, Queens and visited Sag Harbor during the summer for decades before finally settling in the historic whaling village full-time in 2004. Read More
September 22, 2021
When Newman T. Baker first tried to play the washboard years ago, he had what he describes as an almost out-of-body experience. Though he had never played before, his hands...
September 8, 2021
The jury is in… and has chosen Daphne A. Brooks’ Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound as the winner of the $50,000...
August 24, 2021
After the murder of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests, corporate America acknowledged it could no longer stay silent and promised to take an active role in confronting...
August 17, 2021
Brittany Levingston F’21 Leading Edge Fellowships 2021 Pennsylvania Humanities Council Appointed to Pennsylvania Humanities Council for the project “August Wilson’s Century...