Yale Daily News

Elegant hanging lights and lines of flags were the backdrop to the festivities in a packed Commons at Schwarzman Center Tuesday evening, as over 500 students, faculty and community members gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

September 21, 2016

Josh King, former director of production of presidential events at the White House, began a talk Tuesday in an unusual way: by asking attendees if they follow @realDonaldTrump on Twitter.

September 21, 2016

At a conference Tuesday at the Yale Law School, panelists agreed on one point: the United States is uniquely vulnerable to cyberattacks.

September 21, 2016

Following campus criticism over the casting of a white woman as Mr. Black, a character traditionally played by a black man, in its fall mainstage “Wild Party,” the Yale Dramatic Association Board on Monday held new auditions for the role.

September 20, 2016

When the Schwarzman Center opens in 2020, the space will be more than just a remodeling of the existing area around and beneath Commons Dining Hall and Woolsey Hall.

September 20, 2016

Standing before a crowd of roughly 100 students and community members, mental health advocate, comedian and writer Kevin Breel spoke about his experience with depression and offered advice both to those suffering from a mental illness and to those looking to help loved ones through their struggles.

September 20, 2016

Four Yale graduates are now pursuing advanced degrees at Tsinghua University in Beijing under the umbrella of the Schwarzman Scholars program.

September 20, 2016

At the fourth annual Windham-Campbell Prize Festival on Monday, an eclectic crowd of Yale students and New Haven community members welcomed legendary musician, poet and visual artist Patti Smith for the prize’s flagship lecture. Smith is an American rock icon known for her seminal album, “Horses” — hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine — as well as her 2010 National Book Award-winning work “Just Kids” and a number of other achievements in music, visual arts and writing. ..................

September 20, 2016

Yale climate activists are calling for even greater changes to the fossil fuel industry after a small group of undergraduates challenged oil giant ExxonMobil through a shareholder resolution in May, one which ultimately failed but added one more voice to the divestment discussion on campus.

September 19, 2016

This year is seeing a growing number of undergraduate and graduate course offerings that directly address transgender studies.

September 19, 2016

Under the lights of Yale Divinity School’s Marquand Chapel Friday evening, race scholar Eduardo Bonilla-Silva drove home one point: Systemic racism still exists in historically white colleges and universities.

September 19, 2016