“Abyss” seeks to enliven the audience’s experience of classical music through story- telling, dance, acting and circus performance.
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In ‘Abyss,’ an ‘Odyssey’ of sight and sound

March 27, 2013 • 0
A new show this weekend asks audiences to imagine the end of the world as part of a journey through classical music.
Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti ’89 DRA ’94 plays the title role in Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of “Hamlet.”
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‘Hamlet’ opens at the Rep

March 25, 2013 • 0
Alas, poor Yorick, who didn’t get a ticket to see “Hamlet” at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
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Organ recital highlights Yale’s strength

March 7, 2013 • 0
On Friday, Michael Salazar MUS ’13 will perform his degree recital on one of the world’s finest organs — the Newberry Memorial Organ in Woolsey Hall.
Yale Dance Theater dancers act as researchers, investigating the synthesis of cultural forms in Wilson’s work.
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Dance lab takes the stage

March 6, 2013 • 0
In one Yale laboratory, experiments are performed on the researchers by the researchers themselves.
Robotic technologies at the School of Architecture can create exquisite models quickly, but are still cost-prohibitive for many students.
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Robotics enhances architecture courses

March 6, 2013 • 0
At the School of Architecture, robots are changing the way students approach the design process.
Award-winning poet Laurie Ann Guerrero connected her Texan upbringing with her poetry at a Tuesday Master’s Tea.
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Poet Guerrero discusses inspiration

March 6, 2013 • 0
An intimate audience flocked around poet Laurie Ann Guerrero as she told stories of her family and personal history with laughs and tears.
“The Real Myanmar” draws attention to the cultural richness of a country known mainly for its political strife and ethnic violence.
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Photo exhibit shows ‘Real Myanmar’

March 6, 2013 • 0
A new photo exhibition is trying to change how students see Myanmar, a country often defined by accounts of political oppression and ethnic violence.
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Oscar winner on ‘Inocente’

March 6, 2013 • 0
Following her Oscar win, Yael Melamede ’88 ARC ’93 spoke with the News about her time at Yale and her career as a filmmaker.
In 1909, five senior members of the Yale Glee Club banded together to form the a capella group, the Whiffenpoofs.
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Women Whiffs? Not this year

March 4, 2013 • 0
This past weekend, one of Yale’s longest-standing musical traditions was challenged.
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Panel explores artist Katz’s work

March 4, 2013 • 0
On Saturday, visitors to a School of Art panel of artists, critics, poets and writers gained new insight into “Katz x Katz."
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Cooking a Jeweled Feast: Sikhism at Yale

March 1, 2013 • 0
Reporters Isabel McCullough ’16 and Olivia Pavco-Giaccia ’16 report on the Sikh Student Association’s first interfaith cooking class and speak to Nina Chaunpreet Kaur, the founder of Kitchen Table Community.
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Architecture professors discuss Latrobe

February 27, 2013 • 0
On Feb. 21, the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows awarded Bimal Mendis ’98 ARC ’02 and Joyce Hsiang ’99 ARC ’03 with the 2013 Benjamin Henry Latrobe prize for research that will advance the field of architecture.