Students at $67K-a-year Yale offered course on Beyoncé and ‘Black Radical Tradition’

Students at K-a-year Yale offered course on Beyoncé and ‘Black Radical Tradition’

With a record 99 Grammy nominations and acclaim as one of the most influential artists in music history, pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University next year. Titled “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music,” the one-credit class will focus … Read more

Jennifer Lopez’s sister Lynda visits Violet Affleck at Yale amid star’s divorce from Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez’s sister Lynda visits Violet Affleck at Yale amid star’s divorce from Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez’s sister, Lynda, enjoyed a special college visit with Violet Affleck on Sunday. The 53-year-old journalist posted a series of photos on Instagram from her trip to Yale University, where she spent time with Violet, 18, who’s currently in her freshman year at the Ivy League school. One heartwarming snapshot, a selfie taken by … Read more

Schizophrenic Yale Law grad’s story was going to be a movie starring Brad Pitt — until he murdered his pregnant fiancée

Schizophrenic Yale Law grad’s story was going to be a movie starring Brad Pitt — until he murdered his pregnant fiancée

On the morning of June 18, 1998, Jonathan Rosen received a call from his mom, warning him not to go home. An old childhood friend of his, Michael Laudor, 35, had been involved in an incident, possibly hurting his fiancée Carrie Costello. “Hurt her how?” Rosen asked his mom.  In fact, writes Rosen in his … Read more

Yale class on what makes life worth living is now a book

Yale class on what makes life worth living is now a book

      The most popular class at Yale University is called “Life Worth Living” and is taught by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz. The overwhelmingly positive reviews of the class might seem surprising, given that it could upend a student’s life direction (or at least the selection of a major — although one student … Read more

Fatty and sugary foods train your brain to hate healthier options: Yale study

Fatty and sugary foods train your brain to hate healthier options: Yale study

Forget about sweet dreams. People crave fatty and sugary foods when they consume them daily — and the pattern can be hard to break, researchers at Yale University and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Germany have determined in new research. The study, published online Wednesday in the journal Cell Metabolism, found eating … Read more

Marital stress revealed as one key factor in heart attacks: Yale study

Marital stress revealed as one key factor in heart attacks: Yale study

Divorce is no longer the only concern associated with irreconcilable differences. Being in a committed, cohabitating relationship has been linked with better health and heart disease prognosis in previous studies, but a new study found that severe marital stress may be linked to a worse recovery after a heart attack. Researchers at the Yale School … Read more