Alumni were invited on each reunion weekend to a roundtable discussion on the university’s efforts to further the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) among members of the student body, faculty and administration.
Kathryn Lofton, chair of...
Dorothy Tegeler ’16 J.D. has suddenly found herself in the national spotlight. Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), the organization she cofounded with three other Yale Law School alumni, is providing legal aid to immigrants making asylum claims — a...
In June, alumni scholars from far-flung states and countries, from different professional backgrounds and class years, converged on campus. What they shared was a deep interest in learning — in studying the humanities and exploring ideas with some of Yale...
For women reporting on politics in the era of #MeToo, there is relief that a decades-long problem of entrenched discrimination and sexual harassment in Washington is getting the public scrutiny it deserves, said speakers at a Yale-sponsored event. But,...
Of the 20 finalists named for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, three — all women — are from Yale.
The startups and social ventures they lead address major environmental problems head-on. The women have developed a sustainable...
Creative partners Jennifer Newsom ’01 BA, ’05 M.Arch. and Tom Carruthers ’05 M.Arch. of the Minneapolis-based firm Dream the Combine won this year’s PS1 Young Architects Program Competition at MoMA PS1 in Queens. The outdoor environment they conceived and...
Caroline Tanbee Smith ’14 B.S. says she fell in love with New Haven while she was a sophomore at Yale. “I love building stuff,” she says, sitting in a meeting room at the Grove, an eclectic coworking space on Chapel Street that has the look of a converted...
Susan Byseiwicz ’83 B.A. first met former Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso at an American Legion event at her high school. That chance encounter with the first woman elected governor in the United States proved to be a definitive moment. Between her...