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Students from Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania are fundraising to aid humanitarian relief efforts in Morocco in the aftermath of a seven point magnitude earthquake.

Everyone concerned about the accelerating climate crisis is encouraged to attend a March to End Fossil Fuels and rally on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Regardless of one’s opinion on the ruling, I hope that all Yale students will join me in affirming that ours is a student body that is exceptionally rich in diversity—of talent, lived experience, identity, aspiration, belief, and much more—and that this diversity positively contributes to the learning experience. As President Salovey wrote, “Yale’s unwavering commitment to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive community…is core to our mission.” The Supreme Court changed i...

First Congregational Church has named the Rev. Deanna Shorb as its new settled pastor following an exhaustive nationwide search.

After 3 decades as Chaplain of Davidson College, Rob Spach retires from Davidson August 4. As he embraces this next phase of life, we asked him to reflect on his time on campus.

Sharon Kugler, Yale’s first female chaplain and first layperson in that post, retires this month after 16 years as a spiritual guide on campus.

Messages and images of hate were etched at Davidson College this past weekend. The targets centered on the Jewish and Black communities. Despite the shockingly hateful words and images, people said it was not unexpected.

As Ramadan came to an end this weekend, students and Muslim leaders at Yale reflected on the ways in which they have celebrated one of the holiest months of the year.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — As the Central Indiana area continues to see rises in crime and violence, local 911 centers say they are often severely understaffed. Employees working at Hoosier 911 centers say rising crime and short staffing have caused even bigger mental health challenges for many dispatchers. “With rising crime comes rising workload for […]

From April 13-14, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will host two days of events with the legendary Clark Sisters, a group that has been on the vanguard of gospel music for more than half a century. Winners of three Grammy Awards, and with sixteen albums to their credit, the Clark Sisters are the highest-selling female gospel group in history.