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Honoring Dean Attridge, on eve of departure
At the end of June, Dean Harold Attridge will step down following two five-year terms at the helm of Yale Divinity School. The month of April was a time for colleagues, alumni, students, and staff to thank the dean and his wife, Jan, for their service to the school and to wish them "bon voyage" as they embark on a yearlong sabbatical in Australia. Among the highlights was the announcement of the Harold and Jan Attridge Scholarship Fund. Read more...

Paul Farmer Lecture: A Perfect Conclusion to a YDS Course on Poverty
There's something to be said when a lecture at Yale Divinity School not only fills Marquand Chapel to standing-room-only capacity, then fills the overflow capacity space in Niebuhr Lecture Hall, and then makes its way into two other overflow spaces. That is what happened when global healthcare/antipoverty activist Dr. Paul Farmer spoke at YDS on April 26. Read more...

Maggi Dawn: a woman for all seasons

Maggi Dawn discovered guitar at age 5, painting at 6, her singing voice at 7, church at 11 and theology at 14. Ever since, she's been crafting a work of art out of a multifaceted vocation and career—a life of professional music, theology, liturgy, teaching, and writing. Now she's doing it all under one roof, Yale Divinity School, as associate dean of Marquand Chapel and associate professor of theology and literature. Read more...

Allie Perry on death penalty repeal

The Rev. Allie Perry '80 M.Div. has served since 2008 on the board of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, a prime mover in the successful effort to put an end to capital punishment in Connecticut. She has taught courses in therapy and nonviolence as an adjunct member of the faculty at Yale Divinity School and serves on the YDS Alumni Board. Following is her reflection on Connecticut's abolition of the death penalty. Read more...