Mirabel Nguyen came to Yale having never visited the campus. In fact, she’d barely seen any photographs before arriving in New Haven for the first time. But when selecting a college, she was determined not to be swayed by beautiful scenery anyway; she...
Supporting refugee students as they navigate their new lives in New Haven is just one of many ways Rohan Krishnan made global connections during his time at Yale.
He came to campus committed to helping young migrants succeed academically — a cause he...
Bob Atkinson ’24, a student in Yale’s Eli Whitney Students Program and an Air Force veteran, is among 60 U.S. service members, veterans, and military spouses chosen as 2023 Tillman Scholars.
The scholarship provides funding for higher education and...
She’s known on the Yale campus for her eloquence and compassion, a community stalwart able to deliver words of solace and hope, delivered with elegance and grace, in times of crisis and uncertainty, and as a spiritual leader for students, faculty, and...
Since 1982, the Eli Whitney Students Program (EWSP) has offered students with “non-traditional” backgrounds — but who possess exceptional potential, determination, and maturity — an opportunity to receive a Yale College education. Since then, hundreds of...
In the 10 years since the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) opened its doors on High Street in 2013, the number of courses in Indigenous studies has grown considerably. Next fall, for the first time ever, undergraduates will receive credit toward the...
A bus breakdown on the Connecticut shoreline during Alaman Diadhiou’s high school tour of East Coast colleges limited his Yale visit to less than 30 minutes. But even in that short time he knew he had found his college.
During that visit a student tour...
He’s a scholar of literature who deepened Yale’s international engagement in his roles as vice president for global strategy and vice provost for academic initiatives, and he influenced education in Asia as the founding president of Yale-NUS College. He...
The six recipients of this year’s Yale College prizes for exceptional undergraduate teaching, announced on May 3 by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis, stand out for a wide variety of reasons to the students who nominated them.
One, for example, came to...
Many Americans know more about the violence inflicted upon Native American peoples in the United States than they do about Native survival and influence in the nation’s development, says Yale historian Ned Blackhawk.
In his new book, “The Rediscovery of...