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Bass Library installs portrait of champion for the first women students of Yale College

July 3, 2023
Elga Wasserman is honored with a portrait in Bass Library for her role in supporting Yale’s transition to coeducation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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New Haven, ornithology, and Mexican costume are subjects of award-winning essays

June 26, 2023
Three Kaplan Senior Essay Prizes awarded for essays based on research in special collections.
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Library Map Prizes awarded for creative visual presentations of scholarly research

June 12, 2023
Two prizewinning seniors illustrated their senior essays with maps they made themselves in support of their topic and thesis.

Yale launches LUX, a powerful new search tool for cross-collection exploration

June 10, 2023
LUX is Yale’s groundbreaking custom search tool for exploring the university’s extensive holdings of artistic, cultural, and scientific objects.
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In honor of Kenya Flash, library creates new residency position for early-career librarians

June 1, 2023
Entry-level career librarians are invited to apply for a new three-year residency established to honor beloved social sciences librarian Kenya Flash (1980–2021).
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Applebaum Award presented for senior essay on geriatric health care and U.S. policy

May 31, 2023
Accessing the library’s extensive collection of government materials, Sopie E. Edelstein ’23 wrote her winning essay about mental health care for the elderly in early 20th-century America.
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Students win prizes for essays on American and Western American history and culture

May 26, 2023
Faculty awards prizes to three Yale College seniors and a doctoral candidate for studies of American and Western American history and culture.