International News
Former World Fellows (left to right): Mteto Nyati, South Africa, 2004; Erin Walsh, associate fellow, U.S., 2007; Bryan Leach, associate fellow, U.S, 2004; and Rozina Farhad Mistry, Pakistan, 2002.
Former World Fellows Network and Learn From Each Other at Yale Forum
When she was last on the Yale campus as a 2007 World Fellow, Marlene Malahoo Forte of Jamaica was already leading a hectic life, serving as president of an association working for reform of the island nation's judicial system, training Jamaican police and teaching law at the University of the West Indies.
Together at Yale
By virtue of being at Yale, two Kenyan siblings who have seen each other only infrequently over the past decade can now enjoy sharing some time together.
Steven Wilkinson Is Designated as the Inaugural Nilekani Professor
Steven I. Wilkinson, the inaugural Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, focuses much of his work on ethnic violence in India and South Asia.
Understanding the Global Financial Crisis
Guillermo Ortiz, the governor of the Central Bank of Mexico, and Tommasso Padoa-Schioppa, Italy's former minister of economy and finance, were among the experts who came together Nov. 12 and 13 for a conference titled "Financial Globalization: Culprit, Survivor or Casualty of the Great Crisis?"
Government of Japan Honors Yale University Professor William W. Kelly
The Japanese government will confer the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, on Professor William W. Kelly of Yale University for his contributions to the study of Japanese society and culture in the U.S., and for his promotion of scholarly and educational exchange between Japan and the U.S.
Yale Alumni Travel to Brazil to Promote Global Sustainability
Yale alumni will travel to Rio De Janeiro October 30 – November 8 to collaborate with leading Brazilian social entrepreneurs working to preserve the degraded Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. The Yale volunteers include business consultants, lawyers, medical doctors and other health professionals, as well as environmental consultants and engineers.
Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute to Honor Infosys Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani with Leadership Award
Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies Ltd. co-founder and chairman of India’s Unique Identification Database Authority, will accept the “Legend in Leadership Award” of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute at a ceremony to be held in New Delhi on November 6, 2009. Nilekani is the first Indian to receive this prestigious award.
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Hosts Conference on the Economic Crisis and Financial Globalization
The world’s leading experts on the financial crisis will convene for “Financial Globalization: Culprit, Survivor or Casualty of the Great Crisis?”
Thad Dunning Wins International Book Prize Named for Gaddis Smith
Thad Dunning, associate professor of political science, has been awarded the 2009 Gaddis Smith International Book Prize by the MacMillan Center for his book "Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes."
Yale Faculty Member Leads External Review of World Bank Group Reform
The World Bank Group yesterday released a report on modernizing its governance after an external review headed by Ernesto Zedillo, the Frederick Iseman ’74 Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and former president of Mexico.
Yale University Convenes Forum of Emerging Global Leaders
Yale University will host more than 100 emerging leaders from around the world at its “Return to Yale Forum,” October 28-31, 2009. The participants are all Yale World Fellows, a select group of global professionals from a range of fields who have undergone intensive leadership training at Yale.
