The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) is seeking volunteers to serve as hosts in its Community Friends program, which aims to promote intercultural understanding and create global friendships by matching international students with...
When nurse Denise Walsh arrived at Redemption Hospital in Liberia, Africa, which is now just emerging from years of civil war, the basic systems that help hospitals run smoothly and effectively were nowhere to be found. Most beds were empty - except in...
A gift from a Yale alumnus will support research by Yale and Israeli scholars on homeland security and counterterrorism.The gift from Daniel Rose, chair of Rose Associates Inc., and a 1951 graduate of Yale College, will fund a three-year partnership...
With the help of a 35-foot donated van, Dr. Fred Okuku is about to bring breast cancer screening home to Uganda.Okuku is a third-year resident in internal medicine at Makarere University in Kampala, Uganda. He visited Yale for six months this year because...
Marcia C. Inhorn, who has joined the Yale faculty as the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, is a specialist on the Middle East.At Yale, Inhorn is also serving as chair of the Council of Middle East Studies at The...
Thomas W. Pogge, who has joined the Yale faculty as the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, has written extensively on political philosophy, especially on John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, cosmopolitanism and global justice.Pogge’s work...
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair taught his first class at Yale on September 19, marking the start of the “Faith and Globalization Initiative,” a three-year collaboration among Yale’s Divinity School, School of Management and the Tony Blair Faith...
“The Olympics in East Asia” will be the theme of a campus conference on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4.The conference, subtitled “Nationalism, Regionalism and Globalism on the Center Stage of World Sports,” is sponsored by the Council on East Asian...
Healthcare is something that everyone around the world needs, but in some parts of the globe, there are few or no resources available to deliver that necessary care. Finding ways to reduce those disparities in healthcare — particularly among women,...
Yale junior Deborah Gruen did not expect to win the Bronze Medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing this month, so when she was presented that honor on Sept. 12, she had this to say: “I’m thrilled. I’m excited. I’m exuberant. I’m any adjective you can...