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
PROFILE: Jackson Institute’s Casey King talks AI, Big Data and humanity

“I’ve always been a bit shy about this sort of thing,” William Casey King GRD ’10 said when first approached about a profile. “Honestly, I […]

February 1, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
University reaches fundraising target, announces fall 2022 opening of Jackson School of Global Affairs

The Jackson School of Global Affairs will be the first new professional school established at Yale in more than 40 years.

January 18, 2022

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Jackson Institute announces the Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies and National Power

The Schmidt Program, made possible by a $15.3 million gift from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, will emphasize an interdisciplinary approach to AI and cyber-focused research and teaching.

December 9, 2021

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Yale Muslim Students Association raises thousands of dollars for Afghan refugees

The Yale4Afghanistan banquet, co-hosted by the Yale Muslim Students Association and Yale International Relations Association, raised over $3000 so far for Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, a refugee resettlement agency in New Haven.

December 7, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM & ALEX YE
Jackson Institute hosts discussion with Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Ambassador Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. diplomat, engaged in a dialogue about how American diplomacy has changed since 9/11 with Executive Director of International Security Studies Ted Wittenstein.

December 3, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM & YASH ROY
Jackson Institute hosts discussion forum on “Sino-Indian Affairs: Competition and Conflict”

Visiting political science lecturer and distinguished Indian journalist Sushant Singh participated in a dialogue about Indo-Chinese diplomatic relations with Elihu professor of history Arne Westad.

November 12, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Joanne Roberts to take over as Yale-NUS president

Professor Joanne Roberts to assume leadership from current President Tan Tai Yong.

November 5, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Jackson Senior Fellow di Giovanni releases new book on the plight of Christians in the Middle East

Journalist and Jackson Fellow Janine di Giovanni published a new book earlier this month documenting Christian persecution in the Middle East.  Di Giovanni’s new book […]

October 28, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
JEYARETNAM: Nowhere to go

Through email updates from Yale, Instagram stories and texts from friends, I watched students return to campus. Even though I had chosen to take a […]

September 7, 2020

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
The Angle Ep. 3: JEYARETNAM: No person is an island

Staff columnist Miranda Jeyaretnam discusses the nuanced challenges of social distancing and what COVID-19 measures look like in her hometown of Singapore. Edited by Allison […]

May 9, 2020

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
JEYARETNAM: No person is an island

These days, I feel inundated by coronavirus-related content. Swathed in my blanket and stuck in an inverted sleep schedule, I am met by constant reminders […]

April 13, 2020