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Priya Singh SY ’19 grew up in a household with four generations of women in Far Rockaway, New York. Both her mother and grandmother worked, as a New York City police officer and nurse, respectively, so Priya spent most of her time with her great-grandmother. It was her great-grandmother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis that motivated Priya to become a doctor—and to set her sights on Yale.

“I am grateful for the intellectual environment at Yale that taught me as a student, nurtured me as a teacher and scholar, and allowed the freedom to devote my life to one of the critical emerging issues of humanity.”

Yale University today announced a contribution of $160 million by Edward P. Bass ’67 toward the renovation of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. The landmark commitment ranks among the most generous gifts to Yale and is the largest known gift ever made to a natural history museum in the United States.

Michael Tom ’83 M.D. was recently confirmed as the new chairman of the Yale Alumni Fund Board of Directors. He will serve a two-year term starting July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2020. Dr. Tom has served as the vice chairman of the board since July 1, 2016.

Domestic Summer Award supports 191 undergraduate internships in nonprofit and educational organizations, government entities, and art apprenticeships.

Three Yale faculty members—Dr. Nita Ahuja, Dr. Clifford Bogue, and Vasilis Vasiliou—have been appointed to endowed professorships.

James Leitner ’75 has established a scholarship at the Yale School of Nursing for a Ph.D. student from an international or diverse background.

A major gift from an anonymous donor is launching a pathbreaking program to provide faculty members in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) with a suite of opportunities to support their growth as scholars, teachers, and university citizens.