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Steven I. Wilkinson
04/16/19

Steven I. Wilkinson named next Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale

Steven I. Wilkinson, the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies and a professor of political science and international affairs, will be the next Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. He wi...
Photo credit: Sheldon McLeod
04/16/19

Yale School of Architecture partners to address challenges faced by rapidly urbanizing Africa

Africa is urbanizing fast, as its population grows and many flocks to cities in search of jobs, education and healthcare. Studies show that hundreds of millions more Africans will live in cities over the next three decades. Many of these new urban Africans, however, are like...
Photo credit: Brita Belli
04/16/19

Students and alumni share stories of Latinx activism and evolution at Yale

A meet-and-greet at La Casa Cultural Center in honor of “50 Years of Latinos at Yale” on April 12 brought together students and alumni from across the generations to share experiences and reminisce about the history and evolution of Latinos at Yale. &ldq...
YAI
04/11/19

The Yale Africa Initiative and the Power of Partnership

When President Peter Salovey announced the Yale Africa Initiative (YAI) during his inaugural address in 2013, he promised to foster new directions in research on Africa, identify new partnerships, and strengthen recruitment efforts — all while emphasizing teach...
Jackson Institute
04/09/19

Jackson Institute to become a school

The Yale Board of Trustees has approved the transformation of the university’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into a school, President Peter Salovey announced April 6.    The new school will apply evidence-based scholarship to challenges of ma...
04/06/19

Launch of Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs announced

The Yale Board of Trustees has approved the transformation of the university’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into a school, President Peter Salovey announced April 6.  The new school will apply evidence-based scholarship to challenges of maximum gl...
04/05/19

5th annual Africa Salon festival to celebrate arts and culture of the diaspora

Africa Salon, Yale’s contemporary African arts and culture festival, returns to New Haven Friday, April 12 – Saturday, April 13. The fifth annual Africa Salon festival will bring poets, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and musical artists to Yale and New Haven...
04/03/19

Yale Kerry Initiative conference to address challenges to democracy

The Yale Kerry Initiative will host the two-day conference, “Challenges to Democracy at Home and Abroad,” April 17-18, 2019, at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The event will bring together key figures from government, the military, the press ...
Drs. Friedland, Moll and Shenoi at Celebration
04/01/19

Friedland Honored for Career's Work in South Africa

Gerald Friedland, MD, professor emeritus and senior research scientist in medicine (infectious diseases) and professor emeritus of medicine, epidemiology and public health; was recently honored at a ceremony at the HIV clinic in Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal province, South...
From left: William Lauenroth, Indy Burke, and Oswald Schmitz
04/01/19

For F&ES Scholars, Africa trip offers partnership opportunities

More than a few times in the past couple of years people have told Indy Burke that there’s a research station in Kenya that she simply had to check out. The Mpala Research Centre, a 48,000-acre site where wild elephants and zebra mingle with herds of lives...

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