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Dr. Molly Crockett is a neuroscientist known for her research on human morality, altruism and decision making. Formerly an associate professor at the University of Oxford, Crockett joined the Yale Psychology Department this year as an assistant professor. Crockett has had research published in eminent journals including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and the Journal of Neuroscience. She has also given TED talks on “Drugs and Morals” and “Beware Neuro Bunk.” Crockett has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, the Financial Times and New Scientist.

September 15, 2017

Last week, as part of a lecture series celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Myles Loftin, a young photographer, visited campus to talk about his work and the issues of race and gender that it confronts. Loftin, 19, is originally from the D.C. area and has drawn a lot of inspiration from artists around his hometown. He is currently studying at Parsons School of Design in New York. His projects have routinely been featured in several art magazines. HOODED, one of his more recent projects, garnered media attention from popular news sites like Vice and Buzzfeed. The multimedia project pairs a video with a series of photographs of young black men in bright hoodies in order to portray black men in a positive and joyful light — a stark contrast and response to the negative portrayal of black men that usually appears in the media. With his work, Loftin often looks to unveil issues central to the lives of black Americans and people of color. He has also worked to dispel stereotypes of gender conformity and gender roles through his photography. I talked to Loftin about the inspiration for his work and the impact he hopes to have in the worlds of art and media.

September 15, 2017

Two years ago, Matthew Nussbaum ‘15 was a typical Yale student, living in Silliman College, writing his senior thesis and running cross country. Today, Nussbaum […]

September 8, 2017

Eliana Johnson ’06 is a Minnesota native, a Yale grad, and currently one of Washington’s preeminent young political reporters. Since graduating from Yale College in 2006, Johnson has worked at a number of conservative publications including The New York Sun, Fox News and the National Review and has made frequent guest appearances on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. Since November 2016, she has served as the national political reporter for POLITICO, reporting on issues from the GOP Health Care bill to the daily ins and outs of the Trump Administration. On the heels of this recent career change, I spoke with Johnson about her professional journey, experiences as a female journalist, and the state of journalism and objective reporting in the United States today.

April 28, 2017

Recording artist, jazz musician and producer Zack Sekoff ’18 is one of the hottest names in contemporary music. His work has been featured on some […]

April 21, 2017

Darra Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit professor of Russian at Williams College. She is the founding editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, as well as the editor-in-chief of Cured, a magazine on the art and science of fermentation. She has published prolifically on literature, culture, art and cuisine, including five cookbooks.

April 14, 2017

Dr. Roberto Gonzales, scholar and assistant professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, spoke at a Silliman College Tea on Monday. Beginning in 2003, he tackled the difficult task of following a cohort of 150 undocumented youth as they transitioned into adulthood. When Obama began to pursue the policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provided temporary social security numbers, work authorization and stays of deportation, his team conducted a larger-scale survey to examine the effects of this new policy.

April 14, 2017

Lucy Caplan GRD ’20 is both a musician and a scholar. Currently an American Studies doctoral candidate writing a dissertation on African-American opera in the early 20th century, Caplan studied history and literature, with a minor in music, at Harvard as an undergrad. She is now juggling writing the first chapter of her four-chapter dissertation, playing the viola in chamber music groups at Yale, and reviewing opera for publications.

April 14, 2017

Interspersed throughout the collage of photographs that covers Shikeith Cathey’s ART ‘18 studio wall are handwritten messages, scrawled out in a hurried hand. Some are […]

April 7, 2017

Phoebe Petrovic ’18 is a radio star. Only a junior in college, she’s reported for national NPR programming, produced pieces for Guardian-reviewed podcasts, and landed […]

March 31, 2017

Heidi Latsky is a modern dance choreographer in New York City. She first received recognition as a principal dancer in the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane […]

March 10, 2017