Yale University has awarded nearly $1.5 million to 21 proposals in its inaugural round of Planetary Solutions Project Seed Grants. The newly established grants support the Yale community’s work in addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and climate-...
David Swensen’s investment prowess was legendary. His pioneering approach to the Yale endowment made him one of the world’s most renowned and influential institutional investors. But within the Yale community, Swensen ’80 Ph.D., was equally well-known and...
On a recent sunny April afternoon, Reese Stadium echoed with the clang of lacrosse sticks and the deep rumble of packed stands — students cheering on their classmates, alumni reliving their days on the field, children clamoring under the bleachers in...
Under an early evening dusk, made darker by rain clouds overhead, shades of red, blue, and rose flowed across the white façade of 17 Hillhouse Avenue as an electronic landscape of sounds pulsed from speakers.
This was the scene on a recent April evening,...
Arya Singh ’22 has had an exceptional Yale career by any measure — winner of the Francis Gordon Brown prize for academic excellence, leadership, and service to the university; concurrently attending the School of Public Health for a master’s degree as she...
Warning: once you start listening to “Late to the Party,” a single released last fall by Emily Li ’22, who performs as Emei, you may not be able to stop. With its ebullient beat, Li’s powerful voice, and an earworm of a chorus, it’s the kind of song you...
Fred Krupp ’75, a lawyer and environmentalist who has led the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for 37 years, has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale’s board of trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in worldwide balloting of...
Howard R. Lamar ’51 Ph.D. has always made a strong impression.
“An extraordinary, generous humanity,” as one former colleague put it. “Grace, charm, and wit,” said another. Others observed: “A spirit of intellectual adventure,” “tremendous dedication,” “a...
Most days, Karam Alhamad, a graduate student at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, can be found at Mediterranea, a restaurant and shisha bar on New Haven’s Orange Street that entices passersby with big bay windows lined with colorfully embroidered...