Shashi Tharoor, chairman of Dubai-based international investments company Afras Ventures and former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, will be the speaker at the 16th Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture on March 4.His talk is titled “India...
Yale Divinity School is expanding its international student exchange program, establishing ties to two theological schools in Asia to complement ongoing programs in Germany and England.In an open letter to students, Yale Divinity School Dean Harold...
The World Economic Forum has designated eight alumni of the Yale World Fellows program — the University’s premier international training program — as Young Global Leaders in recognition of their professional accomplishments and their contributions to...
The Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., will host “Fiesta Latina,” its seventh annual celebration of Latin American cultures on Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.This year’s celebration will feature traditional and contemporary Latin...
Yale University has joined the other nine members of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) in addressing global warming by adopting greenhouse gas reduction targets for their campuses.“Addressing the impacts of climate change is one...
Yale economics professor Aleh Tsyvinski has been selected by The World Economic Forum to join the elite class of Young Global Leaders (YGL) 2009.Tsyvinski was among 230 leaders from government, business, academia, non-profit organizations and the arts who...
Ernesto Zedillo, named as the inaugural Frederick Iseman ‘74 Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, is a noted economist who has been a leading voice on globalization, especially its impact on relations between developed and...
Noted China Central Television (CCTV) news anchor and commentator Bai Yansong will visit the campus as a Poynter Fellow on Tuesday, March 31.Bai will discuss “American Dream — Chinese Dream: The Future of U.S./China Relations Under the Obama...
John Middleton, professor emeritus of anthropology and an internationally renowned Africanist scholar, died on Feb. 27 after a brief hospitalization. He was 87 years old.Middleton’s field work and major ethnographic writings on African cultures forged new...
Faculty members shared their expertise, students showcased their music talents and alumni demonstrated their spirit of service March 9-13 in Mexico City and Monterrey.Public lectures and performances highlighted the Yale Week in Mexico program, while...