News
The Office of International Affairs is excited to release the March 2023 edition of Focus on Africa. Addressing all of the latest news at Yale related to the continent, the newsletter includes an interview with Cajetan Iheka, the new Chair of the Council of African Studies at ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 '...