Miranda Jeyaretnam
Staff Reporter
miranda.jeyaretnam@yale.edu
Miranda Jeyaretnam is the University desk editor. She previously covered the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and developments at the National University of Singapore and Yale-NUS. Formerly the opinion editor under the YDN Board of 2022, she co-founded the News' Editorial Board and wrote for her opinion column 'Crossing the Aisle' in 2019-20. From Singapore, she is a junior in Pierson College, majoring in English.
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MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
UP CLOSE | “The narratives of Yale-NUS were not shaped by us”: The history and unraveling of Yale-NUS

As Yale-NUS heads toward its closure in 2025, students shared how the school has been shaped by top-down decision-making from NUS.

April 13, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM & WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Yale announces 2022 World Fellows

The Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program announced its 2022 cohort, which includes an Egyptian parliament member, a senior BBC news editor and the Head of the African Development Bank.

April 5, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Yale Cyber Leadership Forum hosts discussion on “AI Ethics and Safety”

The Forum’s final session for this year featured five panelists over two discussions about cybersecurity, natural language processing and the ethical challenges surrounding artificial intelligence.

April 4, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM & WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Yale experts criticize Kremlin for extending prison term of former Yale World Fellow Alexey Navalny

2010 World Fellow and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced to nine more years in prison based on likely trumped-up embezzlement and contempt of court charges.

April 4, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
“There is only one Yale-NUS, and now they have lost it”: Students at Yale-NUS dissatisfied with NUS College planning process

Students at Yale-NUS criticize the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) handling of the 2025 merger of Yale-NUS and NUS’ University Scholars’ Programme for its lack of transparency and student involvement.

March 7, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Yale Cyber Leadership Forum hosts session on “Disinformation and the Future of Democracy”

In its second session, the Cyber Leadership Forum discussed disinformation and propaganda in the technological age.

March 7, 2022

BEA SOTO, CHRISTION ZAPPLEY & MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
The Rundown E7: On The Basis Of Art

Join producer Bea Soto ’24 as she interviews Lisa Hodermarsky, the head curator for the ‘On The Basis of Art Exhibit’ held at The Yale […]

March 2, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
“We’re not going to get a second chance at this”: Levinsohn outlines planning priorities for the new Jackson School of Global Affairs

Planning for Yale’s newest professional school is in progress, and the newly-appointed Dean Jim Levinsohn provided updates on faculty hires and logistical priorities for the school’s opening.

February 24, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Yale Cyber Leadership Forum opens with discussion on “Big Data, Data Privacy, and AI Governance”

This year’s Cyber Leadership Forum, hosted both virtually and in person, had its first of three sessions on Friday.

February 20, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Yale-NUS successor shares plans for new curriculum

In anticipation of its opening later this year, NUS College, which will eventually succeed Yale-NUS once it closes in 2025, shares its new curriculum.

February 10, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM & ISAAC YU
Professors reflect on time spent at Yale-NUS

In light of the August announcement that the Yale-NUS partnership would be dissolved, New Haven-based faculty who have spent time in Singapore spoke about their experiences teaching and living in another country.

February 3, 2022