EVENTS
KINNIA CHEUK
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads at Yale

On Feb. 1, Poet Laureate Ada Limón sat down for a conversation with the Head of Ezra Stiles College, Alicia Schmidt Camacho, then gave a poetry reading and answered audience questions.

February 3, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
Yale Institute of Sacred Music launches multi-disciplinary ecology and arts initiative

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s “Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture” initiative tackles the climate crisis through religion, art and culture.

February 3, 2023

ESMA OKUTAN
Jing Tsu and Pericles Lewis discuss humanism in a time of U.S.-China polarization

As part of the Dean’s Dialogue Series, Professor Jing Tsu discussed her recently published book and focused on language as a way of understanding modern China.

February 3, 2023

JOSHUA ZHANG
Buddhist students gather for Lunar New Year celebration

To welcome the year of the rabbit/cat, students within the Yale Buddhist Student Community celebrated in the Buddhist Shrine with a candlelight ceremony.

February 2, 2023

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Israel and Palestine Human Rights Watch director speaks at Dwight Hall

Students packed into Dwight Hall Chapel on Monday evening to hear Omar Shakir speak about the Human Rights Watch apartheid determination in the Israel and Palestine conflict and to discuss the fight for academic freedom to engage in human rights advocacy on Israel / Palestine

January 31, 2023

ANOUK YEH & MATIAS GUEVARA
Oscar-winning producer Dede Gardner screens “Women Talking”

On Thursday, Yale hosted a screening of Gardner’s film in the Humanities Quadrangle. Following the screening, Gardner sat down with interim dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and FAS dean of humanities Kathryn Lofton to discuss the film.

January 23, 2023

BRIAN ZHANG & SARAH BEN TKHAYET
A “Symphony of Brotherhood”: Martin Luther King III Speaks at MLK Day Commemoration

The first in-person MLK Day commemoration in three years featured a conversation with Martin Luther King III on trauma, education barriers and youth participation in government.

January 19, 2023

NATI TESFAYE
Chabad at Yale holds menorah lighting

Students gathered to commemorate the first night of Hanukkah with a ceremony at Beinecke Plaza on Dec. 18.

January 16, 2023

OLIVIA LOMBARDO
10 years after Sandy Hook, student advocacy groups reflect on the shooting’s impact

Sandy Hook survivor Ashley Hubner and Connecticut elected officials joined SDA and Yale Dems to discuss the long-term effects of gun violence and legislation since the tragedy.

December 9, 2022

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning talks privacy at YPU event

Manning gave the first speech at a debate hosted by the Yale Political Union on regulating consumer surveillance.

December 7, 2022

INES CHOMNALEZ, ANNIE CUI & BEN RAAB
Buckley Program hosts 12th annual conference

In a conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom,” prominent speakers spoke out against the climate around speech on college campuses

December 7, 2022