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Giacomo Sotti ’27 receives Yale student employee award for work on Beinecke Library exhibition

May 15, 2026
A part-time Yale Library job earned Giacomo Sotti ’27 a deeper knowledge of Japanese history, transferable research skills, an appearance in a Japanese television documentary—and, most recently, a special award.
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Yale Library will be closed on Mon., May 25, for the Memorial Day holiday

May 14, 2026
In observance of Memorial Day, all libraries will be closed on Monday but will resume regular library hours on Tues., May 26.
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Ellison Dunn ’27 selected to create the next senior exhibit in Sterling Memorial Library

May 13, 2026
Art history major Ellison C. Dunn ’27 will present her photography exhibition documenting queer culture in spring 2027.
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Library honors Class of 2026 student employees with a celebration and special gift

May 4, 2026
Eighty-eight graduating student employees were celebrated at a end-of-year event, and favorite books inscribed with their names are now on the library’s shelves.
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Student curator follows the trail of a vanishing American orchid in new exhibition opening May 4

April 28, 2026
Curator Nithya Guthikonda ’26 tells the layered story in the exhibition “ Tracing the Rosebud Orchid: Botanical Illustration and Ecological Awareness in 18th- to 21st-Century America ,” on view through Oct. 25.
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These 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize winners will be on campus Sept. 15 to 18

April 9, 2026
The eight international literary artists—poets, playwrights, fiction, and nonfiction writers—who received the prestigious award this year will be at the Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival in the fall to share their work.
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New collections feature Caribbean and Chicano cultures, dance in New Haven, and born-digital Boswell

April 7, 2026
New collections and new materials in 25 subject areas now available to researchers through Archives at Yale.
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