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Claudia Gaither JE ’20

A Summer Teaching STEM

November 20, 2018
Surrounded by growing plants and curious middle-schoolers, Claudia Gaither JE ’20 experienced a different kind of summer internship. “I had done research in a laboratory after my first year,” said Claudia, an ecology and evolutionary biology major. “For my second summer, I was looking for something focused on the environment but outside of a lab.”
A view of the "touchdown area" in the Poorvu Center

Advancing Innovative Pedagogy

November 19, 2018
Yale has named the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning in recognition of a gift from William ’56 and Lia Poorvu and their children Alison Poorvu Jaffe ’81 and Jonathan Poorvu ’84.
From left: Jocelyn Kane, managing director of the Yale Alumni Fund; Marla Grossman ’90, vice chairman; award winners Rebecca Vitas Schamis ’00 MBA, Thomas Ginakakis ’09, and Evangeline Wyche Tross ’78; and Michael Tom ’83 M.D., chairman. Also winning the award is Andrew M. Wallach ’80, not shown.

Yale Alumni Fund Celebrates Devoted Volunteers

November 13, 2018
Chairman’s Awards presented to four alumni on November 9.
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Jeffrey Talpins ’97 Endows Leadership Post at Tobin Center

October 30, 2018
Steven Berry, David Swensen Professor of Economics, has been appointed the inaugural Jeffrey M. Talpins Faculty Director of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale. Berry is a renowned economist whose research analyzes industrial organization, empirical models of product differentiation, and market equilibrium.
Priya Singh SY ’19

A Community of Peers

October 10, 2018
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.
Nathan Nguyen ’19 Ph.D.

Discovery and Collaboration

October 10, 2018
Studying the textbook in his high school’s Advanced Placement biology class, Nathan Nguyen kept returning to the chapter on the formation of life in the primitive earth environment and its subsequent evolution. This early fascination shaped his collegiate experience and ultimately led him to pursue an advanced degree in the biological sciences.
William Nordhaus

Yale's William Nordhaus wins 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

October 8, 2018
“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.”
Researchers working in a lab

Leading the Way for Advances in Healthcare

September 7, 2018
Naratils endow fund for nursing innovation.
Peabody Museum Rendering

Edward P. Bass ’67 makes lead gift toward renovating Yale Peabody Museum

August 28, 2018
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.
Yale field hockey team celebrating in the locker room

Welcome Home! Bulldogs Move in to Carol Roberts Field House

August 16, 2018
"…the fact that this field house was funded by women, dedicated to women and is the first athletic building for women on this campus is truly special."
Michael Tom ’83 M.D.

Michael Tom ’83 M.D. Named as New Chairman of the Yale Alumni Fund

July 9, 2018
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.
James Tobin

New academic center named for James Tobin to advance economic policy research

June 11, 2018
Named for the late James Tobin, the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale will enhance Yale's role in informing data-driven discussions of public policy.
(Photo credit: Michael Marsland)

Students take advantage of new program for domestic summer internships

June 4, 2018
Domestic Summer Award supports 191 undergraduate internships in nonprofit and educational organizations, government entities, and art apprenticeships.
Len Blavatnik

Blavatnik Family Foundation gives $15 million to expand fund for innovation in the life sciences at Yale University

May 1, 2018
Yale University has received a $15 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by American industrialist and philanthropist Len Blavatnik, to expand the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale.
Three Yale faculty members—Dr. Nita Ahuja, Dr. Clifford Bogue, and Vasilis Vasiliou—have been appointed to endowed professorships.

Three Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Chairs

March 22, 2018
Three Yale faculty members—Dr. Nita Ahuja, Dr. Clifford Bogue, and Vasilis Vasiliou—have been appointed to endowed professorships.
A rendering of the Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory in Sterling Memorial Library

Renovation Creating New Home for Yale Library’s Digital Humanities Lab

March 19, 2018
Barbara and Richard ’53 Franke and the Goizueta Foundation are funding the construction of a new digital humanities lab in Sterling Memorial Library.
James Leitner ’75 has established a scholarship at the Yale School of Nursing for a Ph.D. student from an international or diverse background.

James Leitner ’75 Creates Nursing Ph.D. Fellowship

March 13, 2018
James Leitner ’75 has established a scholarship at the Yale School of Nursing for a Ph.D. student from an international or diverse background.
Evans Hall, Yale School of Management

Prof. Andrew Metrick, Expert on Financial Crises, Named First Janet L. Yellen Professor

March 1, 2018
Professor Andrew Metrick, founder of the Yale Program on Financial Stability and faculty director of the Master’s Degree in Systemic Risk, is honored for his groundbreaking work on economic policy change.
"Learning ABCs from the tree of knowledge," a window in the Hall of Graduate Studies

Gift supports initiative to help FAS faculty grow as leaders, learners

February 21, 2018
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.