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By Justin Harmon The Rev. Frederick J. “Jerry” Streets ’75 M.Div., who has taught pastoral theology at YDS since 1987, is used to a busy life. In addition to his work at YDS, Streets teaches two courses at the Columbia University School of Social Work—one on spirituality and the practice of social work, the other on trauma—while consulting with the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia’s Teacher’s College. He lectures on religion, spirituality, and mental health through the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. And he serves as senior pastor of the Dixwell Avenue Congr...

Before arriving in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2007, former journalist Omar Bah was jailed and tortured in his home country of the Gambia for writing critically about the country’s dictatorship.

Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver Dr. Josh Tamayo-Sarver is Vice President of Innovation at Inflect Health as well as Vice President of Innovation at Vituity, where he oversees the discovery, development, and integration of technology in the healthcare space. In addition to being the VP of Innovation, Dr. Tamayo-Sarver works clinically in the Emergency Department in his local community. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in biochemistry from Harvard University, a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, a 10x10 certificate in medical informatics from Oregon Health Sciences Universi...

The Undergraduate Council voted to endorse a pair of statements during its Sunday night meeting — one supporting a petition to grant tenure to Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel R. West ’74, and another to condemn statements made by Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyer. The first piece of legislation demands the University “reopen pathways for Professor West’s tenure and further commit to advancing racial justice in substantive ways.” West recently threatened to leave Harvard for the second time after he said the University dismissed his request t...

New projections from the independent Congressional Budget Office fuel Republicans’ calls for “targeted” economic aid — and Democrats’ push to go big.