Nearly 1,700 high school students from around the world will converge on the Yale campus for the 40th session of Yale Model United Nations (YMUN XL), to be held Jan. 23–26.YMUN is one of the most prestigious academic simulations of the United Nations in...
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Fareed Zakaria ’86 B.A. will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Feb. 26.Fareed ZakariaHis talk — titled “Is the American Dream Dead?” — will take place 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127...
Iam Buruma, an award-winning journalist who has covered political and human rights issues, will speak at Yale on Thursday, Feb. 20 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism. Buruma’s talk is co-sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies.Iam BurumaBuruma will...
Paul Anastas, the Yale chemist widely known as the “father of green chemistry,” talks about greenhouse gases, science policy, Richard Nixon, and being “a sworn enemy of the status quo.”Paul AnastasFormerly head of research for the U.S. Environmental...
“Governments should be separate from ideologies, and elected representatives of the people should determine the laws that govern them,” said Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a recent talk at Yale.Shirin EbadiMore than...
Yale political scientist Susan Hyde will discuss “Does Democracy Promotion Promote Democracy?” in the next In the Company of Scholars lecture on Tuesday, March 25.Susan HydeThe talk will take place at 4 p.m. in Rm. 119 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320...
Conservation scientist and professor Stefan Simon has been named director of the newly established Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) at Yale’s West Campus. The IPCH serves as the overarching international hub directing the various...