Culture
At Smilow, healing through art
The Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale treats its patients through more than just clinicians and medical equipment — it also heals them through its artwork.
Culture
The power of seduction in ‘Richard III’
Though Shakespearean plays often depict the concept of power through military and political conflicts, students in theater studies and English professor Joseph Roach’s seminar are aiming to emphasize the power of seduction in their upcoming performance.
Culture
Filmmaker puts New Haven on screen
Though his work has been shown at many film festivals around the world, filmmaker Stephen Dest kept his cameras focused on the buildings and streets of New Haven to produce his latest project.
Culture
Symposium reflects on Berlin’s architecture
Architects, historians and critics convened in Rudolph Hall this weekend to discuss the political and historical significance of Berlin architecture, past and present.
Culture
Pianist Emanuel Ax returns to Yale
While many musicians from around the world are dreaming of winning their first Grammy this Sunday, such an achievement is but a memory for Emanuel Ax.
Culture
Kersels talks performance through sculpture
While most art galleries place security sensors on their sculptures, School of Art professor Martin Kersels’s exhibitions have served as stages for singers, dancers and even DJs.
University
Undergrad to build treehouse
By the end of the semester, Yale students can explore Yale’s extensive forests from their very own treehouse.
Culture
Guppies swim into Dwight Hall
Members of Yale Children’s Theater are focusing their energies on bringing engaging theater to New Haven youth.
Sci-Tech
Diamond planet far, far away
Researchers have discovered a diamond planet 40 light years away from our solar system. Led by postdoctoral fellow Nikku Madhusudhan of the Yale Physics Department, the research team has proposed that the planet 55 Cancri e has a carbon-based composition containing an outer layer of diamond that composes roughly a third of the planet’s mass.
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Culture
Frazier depicts hometown
Though her work has been displayed in venues as far away as South Korea, documentary filmmaker and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier’s art has always remained focused on her hometown of Braddock, Penn. Frazier spoke to an audience of roughly 30 at the School of Art Wednesday afternoon, delivering a narrative of her life followed by
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