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Student startup wins prestigious Hult Prize for sustainability

October 2, 2023

Yale-based startup Banofi Leather took home the $1 million top prize for its plan to turn banana crop waste into a sustainable leather alternative.

Trustees, search committee members start campus listening sessions

September 26, 2023

As the search begins for Yale’s next president, the campus community is invited to participate in a series of listening sessions.

Yale’s Kortum talks trade, climate policy, and his newest gig

September 20, 2023

Economist Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D., the recently appointed director of Yale’s Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, discusses his research and new role.

Latine Heritage Month Alumni Identity Spotlight: Luis Vera

September 18, 2023

Vera, a recent graduate from the Yale School of Nursing, shares how his education has empowered him to give back to the Latine community.

‘They were men of Yale’: Two Black scholars honored posthumously

September 15, 2023

In a stirring ceremony, Yale this week honored two Black scholars who studied theology here in the 1800s but couldn’t formally register because of their race.

Sharing political theater from the Middle East with the West

September 12, 2023

In a Q&A, two Yale alumni discuss their work to promote cultural understanding by increasing access to and appreciation for Arab political theater.

In return to Yale, a rising star’s music takes center stage

September 12, 2023

On Sept. 18, a Grammy-winning choir will perform a composition by Ayanna Woods ’15, but it’s not the first time her music has been featured on campus.

School of Music’s Convocation celebrates the power of its art

September 8, 2023

The school’s kickoff to the academic year featured an address from newly arrived dean José García-León along with performances by faculty, students, and alumni.

Library Book Talk series presents a great fall lineup of new nonfiction

September 8, 2023

This year’s topics range from the politics of 21st-century Egypt and the histories of Black Civil War surgeons to the life and times of FBI director J. Hoover.

Yale Schwarzman Center announces 2023–2024 season

August 31, 2023

Corinne Bailey Rae, Renée Fleming, Julia Bullock, Ash Fure, and Joseph Keckler are just a few of the boundary-pushing artists to be featured at Yale.