Associate Dean for the Arts Susan Cahan announced a new “Summer Alumni Edition” of the Yale Arts Calendar in an email yesterday. The Yale Arts Calendar had previously only provided information about events taking place at Yale and New Haven, but will expand to include the work of alumni artists wherever they may be, at »
Sean Chen MUS ’14 took home the Crystal Medal in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on June 9, playing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s notoriously challenging Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor as one of his final competition pieces. Though Chen ultimately lost the first prize to Ukrainian Vadym Kholodenko, he is the first American since 1997 to »
Susan Sellers GRD ’94, the Yale School of Art’s senior critic in graphic design, will join the staff of the Metropolitan Museum on June 24 as its first head of design. In this capacity, Sellers will work to “cultivate the role of design throughout the institution, overseeing the Museum’s Design Department, which is comprised of »
Six Yalies — including one professor — were honored at the 67th Annual Tony Awards last night, an annual ceremony that recognizes outstanding achievement in theatre. The winners are listed below: School of Drama professor Ming Cho Lee received a lifetime achievement award for his work in scenic design. Christopher Durang DRA ’74 took home the award »
Yale alumni will take the stage in the next round of the popular NBC talent show “America’s Got Talent.” Last week, the Connecticut-based group 3Penny Chorus and Orchestra, led by Arianne Abela MUS ’10 and University of Hartford Hartt School graduate Colin Britt, advanced to the show’s second round after their performance garnered the praise »