The most recent issue of TimeOut Kids features a series of articles on children and sexuality, highlighting the many dilemmas that parents face when educating their children about the realities of sex and gender. Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, is quoted extensively in a piece on the particularly
A recent unexpected celebrity endorsement is just the latest in a string of successes for Yale’s Icons of America series, which presents brief, lively volumes on our nation’s major cultural touchstones. Past works have covered the Empire State Building, Gone with the Wind, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have
The winner of the 15 Minutes of Fame Photo Contest is Joseph C. from New York City! Not only did Joseph’s photograph maintain the inexplicable mirroring and black-and-white color scheme of Ms. McCain’s fateful snapshot; it also features a choice title from YUP’s backlist, Bernard Williams’s On Opera. The fact
“Some people make history; others make history interesting.” So begins a two-page spread in the October issue of Dramatics Magazine featuring two recent highlights from Yale’s drama list, Marc Robinson‘s The American Play and Robert Brustein‘s The Tainted Muse. Produced by the Educational Theatre Association and oriented toward practitioners in
Alissa Hamilton was interviewed on Food Chain Radio‘s October 17th show, entitled “Squeezed Fresh.” Click here to listen to the full interview and see below for the show description: It’s pure, and natural, and squeezed fresh. And so we buy the orange juice and drink it to break our fast
When Meghan McCain’s Wednesday evening dispatch sent the Twitter world a-flutter, we at YUP weren’t surprised in the slightest. To our minds, there’s no better way to spend an evening at home than in the company of a fine book. And Arthur Danto‘s latest, Andy Warhol, is no slouch of
In this fascinating video produced by the Teachers College Record, historian Jonathan Zimmerman discusses the little red schoolhouse as an icon of American culture and a key touchstone to be reckoned with in the pursuit of educational reform. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1078591422 To read an excerpt from Zimmerman’s book on the Yale University
Dr. Richard Frank— The following article by Dr. Richard Frank originally appeared on Bottom Line/Health. Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is always frightening, but it can be devastating if you’re told that the condition is "incurable." For all cancers combined, about two-thirds of patients will be cured (have no evidence
Yesterday, legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul passed away at the age of 94. Paul’s innovations, including multi-track recording and the Gibson electric guitar that bears his name, forever changed the landscape of popular music. The guitarist’s own compositions, ranging from lilting country ballads to frenetic flat-picking hootenannies to sentimental
Dr. Richard Frank— Welcome to the Fighting Cancer Blog. This website represents an extension of my book, Fighting Cancer with Knowledge and Hope: A Guide For Patients, Families and Health Care Providers. The emphasis is on Hope and Knowledge: Hope for healing and success in dealing with cancer; Knowledge as