Black Graduation
Come as we gather to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of our Black graduates across the college, graduate, and professional schools.
Come as we gather to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of our Black graduates across the college, graduate, and professional schools.
Esmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias (2019), and a debut novel, The Border of Paradise. She was named by Granta as one of the “Best of Young American Novelists” on its decennial list in 2017 and won the Whiting Award in 2018. Born in the Midwest to Taiwanese parents, she is the founder of The Unexpected Shape™ Writing Academy for ambitious writers living with limitations.
Sarah Leonard is editor-in-chief of Lux magazine. She is a contributing editor to The Nation, where she was previously features editor. She is on the editorial board of Dissent magazine, where she was previously an editor, and on the board of The Baffler. She teaches courses on new media and feminist media at New York University, where she is a fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge. She has co-edited two books, and her work has been widely published in the New York Times, New Republic, and elsewhere.
The history of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in movies is often presented as a hero’s journey. Starting in the 1980s, a scrappy group of computer scientists went up against the large, powerful, but inert, Hollywood studio empire, and forever changed how movies are made.
On February 1, 2023 the exhibit “Maker of a Kindly Permanence” was mounted in Sterling Memorial Library to celebrate Yale’s Oral History of American Music. Included in the collection is a tribute to twentieth century gospel songwriter Roxie Ann Moore (1916-2012). This public presentation delves into her life, contributions, and the cultures that surrounded and supported her work.
The Yale Divinity School Center for Continuing Education presents an exciting new program, the Learn, Lead, Inspire Summit. The focus of this year’s program is The “Other”: Defining, Defending, Problematizing.” In the company of YDS faculty members and a cohort of fellow participants, this five-day residential program will explore this important topic from a variety of theological and intellectual perspectives. The program includes an opening session with YDS Dean Gregory Sterling. You will also have the opportunity to participate in a Bible study with former YDS Dean Harold Attridge.
Join us at the first Yale Powwow since 2018! Sharing space with Eid and Earth Day, the powwow will take place on April 22nd, 2023 from 12pm-6pm at the Lanman Center on Yale’s campus!! In celebration of the powwow’s return, our first powwow since 2018, we’ve opted for a theme of Roots and Regrowth.
Join us at DanceHaven: A Celebration of Vernacular Dance presented by Yale Schwarzman Center and created in collaboration with “Queen of Tap,” Yale Schwarzman Center artist-in-residence Dormeshia (co-curator/producer), Divine Rhythm Productions (producer), and Yale College senior Gabrielle Niederhoffer.
Celebrate the opening of Hui,featuring artwork made by Native Hawaiians from the Yale community (students, alumni, and faculty). Mediums include printing, photography, painting, and poetry. The gallery is located on the third flood of the Native American Cultural Center (26 High Street) and is open to the public.
This exhibition features artwork made by Native Hawaiians from the Yale community (students, alumni, and faculty). Mediums include printing, photography, painting, and poetry. The gallery is located on the third flood of the Native American Cultural Center (26 High Street) and is open to the public. Celebrate the exhibition’s opening at a reception on April 8 from 2-5pm.