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09/21/22

Latest edition of 'Focus of Africa' is out

The Yale Africa Initiative is excited to announce the release of the 2022 fall edition of Focus on Africa. The newsletter covers all the latest news pertaining to ongoing Yale-Africa relations.   In this edition of Focus on Africa we are pleased to share t...
Photo by Sumon Yusuf for BRAC, Bangladesh
09/16/22

Yale partners with BRAC to advance the science of ending global poverty

The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) has launched a new partnership with BRAC, the world’s largest non-governmental organization, to advance the science of scaling effective programs to end global poverty. The partnership was anno...
09/15/22

'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition'

A new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, 'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition,' presents a nuanced account of the artist’s 50-year career and presents him as part of a woodcarving tradition that flou...
Jieun Pyun
09/15/22

Pyun named director for Asia

Jieun Pyun has joined Yale’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) as the Director for Asia. Prior to arriving at Yale she held roles directing international leadership programs, driving a policy agenda focused on human rights and democracy, and designing and implementin...
URTV and YSPH
09/13/22

Yale partnership with University of Rome Tor Vergata aims to strengthen protection against global safety threats

Two Yale University schools have partnered with the University of Rome Tor Vergata (URTV) to advance research and training intended to improve global protection against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNe) events. The collaboration involves rese...
Kere
09/12/22

Yale School of Architecture visiting professor Francis Kéré receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Francis Kéré, the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture, is the 2022 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor. Born in Gando,...
09/01/22

African Linguistics School 6 held in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin

The African Linguistics School (ALS) is a two-week institute which brings the latest work in core areas of linguistics to students from African universities. This year's ALS 6, which was co-sponsored by Yale University, met in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin from July 1...
08/29/22

Jackson School of Global Affairs welcomes students in inaugural Matriculation Ceremony

On Monday, August 29, the Jackson School of Global Affairs formally welcomed its new graduate students to Yale during the school’s inaugural Matriculation Ceremony in Sprague Memorial Hall.  Jackson’s incoming graduate student cohort includes 35 in its two-ye...
photo by Vitya Glushchenko
08/29/22

Symposium on the Reconstruction of Ukraine

'The Reconstruction of Ukraine: Ruination / Representation / Solidarity' symposium took place online in early September 2022. In announcing the event, the organizers noted that the process of reconstruction "should be led by Ukrainian actors and Ukrainian institut...
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08/26/22

Symposium on the Reconstruction of Ukraine is announced

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