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Sari J. Siegel (Photo credit: Mara Lavitt)
05/23/19

Researcher illuminates a Jewish doctor’s Holocaust experiences

Esther F. arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in August 1944 — a period when the camp’s crematoriums were operating at full capacity. Esther, a physician, was held for five days before being transported to Guben, a labor camp in Germany where she was assigned to care for...
2019 Leadership Forum for Strategic Impact
05/15/19

African Women Leaders Convene at Yale University

President Peter Salovey joins participants of the Leadership Forum for Strategic Impact, a keystone program of the Yale Africa Initiative, an ongoing effort by Yale to prioritize and expand upon its collaboration on the continent. This year, program participants on campus...
Sterling Professor of Economics William Nordhaus receives flowers from his intermediate macroeconomics class on Oct. 8, 2018 — the morning his Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was announced. (Photo credit: Mara Lavitt)
05/13/19

It was a prize-winning year for Yale faculty members

The 2018-2019 academic year saw Yale faculty members honored with some of the world’s and the nation’s highest accolades — from Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, to a MacArthur award, and more — and with election to renowned national and international academie...
Yale students attend presidental address
05/10/19

President Peter Salovey updates students on Yale’s academic priorities

Increased access to and affordability of a Yale education, construction of new landmark facilities for science and the humanities, and expanded opportunities for multidisciplinary teaching and scholarship are among the initiatives President Peter Salovey cited in his update on...
Schola
05/09/19

Yale Schola Cantorum Tours Scandinavia

The internationally-renowned Yale Schola Cantorum (Schola), a chamber choir made up of students from across all of Yale University’s departments and professional schools, and Juilliard415, the period-instrument orchestra of Juilliard’s famous historical performance...
Representatives of Yale School of Public Health, Yale Cancer Center and Yale Institute for Global Health signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of the National Cancer Center of China on May 1.
05/08/19

National Cancer Center Partnership Expected to Advance Cancer Research at YSPH, Yale

A new partnership with the National Cancer Center of China will provide new opportunities for collaborative research, clinical trials and workforce training at the Yale School of Public Health, Yale Cancer Center and Yale Institute for Global Health. The Memorandum of Underst...
Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten Vermund (rear, third from left) meets with officials from China’s National Health Commission in Beijing earlier this year.
05/08/19

YSPH Collaborating with China to Develop New Medical Payment Models

Improving China’s medical payment models was the topic of discussion when Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten H. Vermund traveled to Beijing in January 2019 to meet with officials from China’s National Health Commission as part of the country’s ongoing hea...
Electoral corruption in Hungary
04/30/19

Study documents electoral corruption in Hungary

Politicians and powerbrokers in Hungary use a variety of illicit election strategies to secure people’s votes, including making access to public benefits contingent on supporting preferred candidates, according to a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist ...
India
04/29/19

Economist Costas Meghir on seeking scalable solutions to entrenched poverty

  Yale economist Costas Meghir has a children’s picture book in his office. The cover text is in Oriya — the official language of the Indian state of Odisha. The pages depict typical household scenes in the region, where the World Bank estimates tha...
Sarah Bush
04/29/19

Yale political scientist gauges impact of foreign meddling on voter trust

The Mueller probe into Russian election meddling has concluded, but the extent to which the Kremlin’s hackers and social-media trolls eroded voters’ confidence in the U.S. electoral system remains unclear. Yale political scientist Sarah Bush is studying ...

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