EVENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
ROWAN CAIN
Yale to add peers onto its behavioral crisis response teams

Peers who have previously experienced mental health crises will aid patients with psychiatric and emotional crises.

November 7, 2023

JESSICA KASAMOTO
School of Nursing receives $11.1 million anonymous donation

The gift to the Yale School of Nursing will go toward funding full-tuition scholarships for students selected for the Community Scholars Program.

November 1, 2023

YOLANDA WANG
School of Medicine honors Yan Fuqing, celebrates continued bilateral relations with Chinese medical institutions

Yan, the first Asian person to receive a medical degree from Yale, went on to pioneer public health initiatives in China and leave a legacy of cultural and intellectual exchange between Yale and peer Chinese institutions.

November 1, 2023

ASUKA KODA
Yale professor wins Packard Fellowship

Mengxia Liu, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, recently won the Packard Fellowship for her research on exploring foundational questions in energy carrier dynamics.

October 27, 2023

CARLOS SALCERIO
Salovey to return to research, updating emotional intelligence test

Salovey and psychologists John Mayer and David Caruso are looking to make their emotional intelligence test shorter and more interactive than previous iterations.

October 16, 2023

ALEJANDRO ROJAS
Amazon VP talk at Tsai CITY prompts discussion over AI risks, benefits

A vice president of Amazon AI spoke with the Yale community about innovation in generative AI technologies and their future applications.

October 11, 2023

ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA
CDC director Mandy Cohen MED ’05 visits Yale

In multiple classroom visits and colloquiums this past Friday, Cohen — who was newly appointed CDC director — spoke to students from various schools on the progression of her career and the importance of interdisciplinary involvement in healthcare

October 10, 2023

YASH ROY & GIRI VISWANATHAN
CDC director breaks ground on expansion to historic Fair Haven community clinic

During a press conference with Connecticut’s elected officials, Director of the Centers for Disease Control Mandy Cohen urged residents to get updated COVID-19 boosters.

October 9, 2023

JAMES STEELE, EMILIE MA & DANIEL WANG
Taiwan Semiconductor CEO C.C. Wei speaks at the Yale Science Building

C.C. Wei GRD ’85 gave a talk at O.C. Marsh Hall on Monday as one of this year’s four Wilbur Cross Medal recipients.

October 5, 2023

VALENTINA SIMON & MATIAS GUEVARA RUALES
Filmmaker Gareth Edwards visits Yale to prescreen new sci-fi blockbuster

Gareth Edwards, who directed “Rogue One” and “Godzilla,” held a pre-screening of “The Creator” at Yale ahead of its release last week.

October 3, 2023

ASUKA KODA
Desmos founder talks graphing calculators, charting his career

Eli Luberoff ’09 discusses his educational journey and inspiration for Desmos with current Yale College students.

October 3, 2023