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Yale Library honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with in-person and online exhibits

January 13, 2025

Visit Sterling Memorial Library through February and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library on Jan. 19 to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Kenya S. Flash Librarian Residency celebrates a first year filled with firsts

January 9, 2025

The new residency program, now in its second year, has set ambitious goals—both to advance library-wide DEIA efforts and to support the success of the selected Flash Resident—to fulfill the legacy of librarian Kenya Flash.

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Yale Library announces new literary prize for American poetry

December 17, 2024

The new $25,000 Willis Prize will recognize an outstanding volume of poetry published in the prior two years.

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Digital Humanities Lab hosts three April workshops on effective, ethical design

April 3, 2023

DH Foundations, a series of three virtual workshops, will teach participants to analyze and propose effective digital humanities projects.

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Connecticut Public Radio features the library's Harlem Renaissance–era materials

March 28, 2023

Melissa Barton, curator at Beinecke Library, discusses the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection with Ray Hardman of Connecticut Public Radio.

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Sterling Library inspires student's animated film—a love story

March 24, 2023

Yale School of Art graduate student Filip Birkner creates a short animated film inspired by his love of books, chairs, and Sterling Library.

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Yale Library and Ivy Plus join in support of open access to federally funded research

March 11, 2023

Yale Library and other Ivy Plus Libraries write in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) granting open access to federally funded research.

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Meet the women of Yale: Eleven online exhibits document their impressive legacy

March 10, 2023

Wide-ranging online exhibits document the many contributions that the women of Yale have made to the university and the world.

April events and online exhibit celebrate lyric poetry in the world

March 10, 2023

The online exhibit and upcoming events add new insights and dimensions to the Model Research Collection in Bass Library.

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Photo gallery: Hanke Gallery opens new exhibition "Empire and Resistance"

February 28, 2023

Visitors gathered for the opening of the new Hanke Gallery’s third exhibition, Empire and Resistance: Transisthmian Views of Central America .

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