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Cajetan
03/14/23

Expanding the impact of the Council on African Studies: An interview with Cajetan Iheka

In January 2023, Cajetan Iheka, Professor of English, was appointed as the new Chair of the Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies (CAS). In an interview with the Office of International Affairs, Iheka shared his personal passion and vision for CAS.&nb...
Waweru
03/11/23

Veronica Waweru collaborates with Kenyan locals and scientists to study human evolution

Paleoanthropologist Veronica Waweru, senior lecturer in the MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies, has developed a unique community excavation initiative in East Africa. Waweru (pictured above, at left) collaborated with US and Kenyan institutions and locals in...
03/10/23

Student explores evidence-based solutions in international development with focus on Latin America

Born and raised in Ecuador, Yale student David Alzate '24 is currently pursuing an MPP at the Jackson School of Global Affairs with the aim of identifying ways to implement and scale evidence-based solutions in international development. He recently took p...
white house meeting
03/10/23

White House meeting focuses on follow-up to US-Africa Leaders Summit

Yale’s Janette Yarwood, Director for Africa and the Middle East in the Office of International Affairs, participated in a February meeting at the White House to follow up on the 2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit. The White House sought to discuss follow-up to the Summit an...
FoLA
03/09/23

‘Focus on Latin America’ newsletter released

The Office of International Affairs is excited to announce the release of the March 2023 edition of its new Focus on Latin America newsletter. It covers all the news on faculty research, climate change, and public health pertaining to ongoing Yale-Latin America relat...
03/06/23

Yale’s Cécile Fromont highlights African queen for Netflix docudrama

Cécile Fromont, professor of the History of Art, was featured in the Netflix docudrama “African Queens: Njinga.” This four-part series focuses on the leadership of Njinga, the 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba territories, which is modern-day ...
Vidita Vaidya
02/28/23

Infosys Prize recipient, Yale-trained neuroscientist Vidita Vaidya discusses her groundbreaking research

TTES event
02/24/23

Looking ‘Through the Eyes of She’ to focus on gender equality and equity in Africa

On Feb 24th, Through the Eyes of She was celebrated at a launch event at Yale. Founded by Christine Ngaruiya (pictured at right), assistant professor in Yale’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of Global Health Research and organized by the Council...
Nancy Escalante
02/17/23

Yale's archives influence the narrative of new exhibit 'Empire and Resistance' tracing U.S. and Central America links

Relying on materials from Yale Library’s diverse special collections Nancy Escalante, a PhD student in American Studies, has curated an exhibit that traces the long, contentious history that links the United States and the seven countries of Central America. Titled '...
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02/16/23

Yale School of Medicine faculty founders of DU4U honored for support of Ukraine

Yale School of Medicine faculty Irina Esterlis, PhD; Alla Vash-Margita, MD, FACOG; and Andrey Zinchuk, MD, MHS; were honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the New Haven County Medical Association at their 2022 annual meeting for their efforts to support Ukraine. Th...

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