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Yale Ventures launches board of advisors

March 14, 2024

The new board of industry leaders will help guide Yale Ventures towards achieving its goals and supporting Yale’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Alum curates exhibition about Yale, New Haven, and slavery

March 8, 2024

Organized by Michael Morand ’87, ’93 M.Div., the New Haven Museum exhibition “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery” is on view through summer.

Clinton, Shear, and Steyer to keynote Yale Innovation Summit

March 8, 2024

Taking place May 29-30, the summit will feature addresses on AI, health, and climate innovation from Chelsea Clinton, Emmett Shear ’05, and Tom Steyer ’79.

The secret garden

March 1, 2024

Now tucked away behind the Yale University Art Gallery, Weir Hall was part of a more ambitious plan to build a replica of Oxford’s Magdalen College Courtyard.

The man who made Hale

February 29, 2024

Mark D. Mitchell, curator of American paintings and sculptures at the Yale University Art Gallery, explores the story behind one of Yale’s best-loved statues.

Good spirits

February 27, 2024

Alumna Erin Armstead Wright ’99, a pediatrician — and rum maker — in South Jersey, discusses what drew her to Yale, medicine, and a side gig in distilling.

Dell shares her path to becoming Yale’s first female assistant police chief

February 26, 2024

Rose Dell ’97, who was sworn in on Jan. 12, reflects on her journey to law enforcement and her goals for increasing the number of women in the YPD.

A private audience with Vladimir Horowitz

February 26, 2024

Yale faculty member and alumnus Daniel DiMaio ’74 retells of when he and a group of fellow students helped coax the legendary pianist back to the stage.

Getting to know you: Antonio Lavalle Ingram II ’11

February 21, 2024

Ingram, who serves as assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, shares how his time at Yale helped shape his worldview and develop as a leader.

Assembling an economy in space

February 15, 2024

Commercial space is developing quickly, but public funds remain key to building out a self-sustaining economy in orbit around Earth.