FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
BAALA SHAKYA
“Introduction to Theatrical Violence” teaches the art of safe, consensual fighting

Interested in play fighting? Fake blood, swordplay and chokeholds? Take a look inside one of Yale’s most unique course offerings.

October 30, 2024

KIVA BANK
Students and instructors provide insight on getting into intro-level studio-art classes

Non-arts students might find it difficult to get into intro-level arts classes. Instructors shared advice on getting in.

October 29, 2024

OLIVIA CYRUS
Joshua Rosenblum ’83 MUS ’85 chronicles Yale’s musical theater dynamic duo

Rosenblum’s new book, “Closer Than Ever,” highlights the Broadway legacy of Yale alums Richard Maltby Jr. ’59 DRA ’62 and David Shire ’59 and offers a deep dive into their six decades of collaboration.

October 11, 2024

ORION KIM
Music groups, including YSO and Glee Club, become classes

Starting this academic year, participation in these music groups will count as a zero-credit class.

September 23, 2024

ALI OTUZOGLU
Heritage Meets Heritage project builds sense of belonging among heritage speakers

Yale’s Heritage Meets Heritage Project is rebranding from a research project into a social and supercurricular initiative that unites heritage speakers.

April 3, 2024

JANE PARK
Remembering Yale Repertory Theatre founder Robert Brustein

Brustein was a prominent theater-maker and theater critic, writing for The New Republic and The Huffington Post, as well as publishing 16 books on theater and society.

November 10, 2023

JANE PARK
Salovey and the arts

Throughout Salovey’s 11-year tenure, Yale welcomed new arts faculty, including School of Music Dean José García-León, and created new projects like LUX, a new cross-collection search tool.

November 3, 2023

LUKAS NEL
DATA: Yale College trends toward graduating more STEM than humanities and arts majors

In 2022, more students graduated from Yale College with degrees in science and engineering than in any year since the Office of Institutional Research began publishing data on Yale undergraduate student majors in 2000.

October 25, 2023

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
New Yale digital archive, LUX, lights the way for greater access to University collections

The platform, which was released in May, consolidates the University's vast museums and collections into a single online platform.

September 14, 2023

TOBIAS LIU
José García-León appointed dean of the School of Music

The School of Music welcomed José García-León as the new dean of the School of Music, marking the end of Robert Blocker’s nearly three-decade tenure as the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Dean.

September 11, 2023

JANE PARK
PROFILE: Musical theater lecturer Jeanine Tesori on imperfect music and living in an empty lighthouse

The News interviewed Jeanine Tesori, who recently won a Tony Award for her musical “Kimberly Akimbo.”

September 8, 2023