Skip to main content

MBA Headlines

Students presenting during affordable housing course
February 15, 2024 MBA News

Interdisciplinary Course Addressing Affordable Housing in Connecticut Wins Architectural Education Award

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture has cited an innovative course that asks Yale SOM students and their counterparts from Yale Law School and Yale School of Architecture to craft proposals aimed at increasing affordable housing

masthead for Black History Month
February 01, 2024 MBA Blog

Yale SOM Celebrates Black History Month

The theme for 2024’s celebration is African Americans and the Arts.

Bruce Becker talking
January 25, 2024 MBA Blog

Video: Building a Zero-Emission Hotel

Bruce Becker ’85, a joint-degree graduate of Yale SOM and the Yale School of Architecture, says that making  New Haven’s new Hotel Marcel run on renewable energy was cost-effective as well as being environmentally sustainable. 

Austin Cai ’25 introducing panelists at a winter social in Beijing
January 25, 2024 MBA Blog

Introducing Our Community to Prospective Students in Beijing

During winter recess, Austin Cai ’25 hosted a panel discussion in his home city of Beijing, creating an opportunity for prospective students to get to know more about Yale SOM and what makes the community unique.

A student with two dogs
January 24, 2024 MBA Blog

We Rate Dogs (and Cats): Scenes from Yale SOM’s Mascot Competition

Last fall, students brought their pets to Evans Hall to show off their talents and compete for the title of unofficial SOM mascot.

a classroom where Ravi Dhar is talking
January 23, 2024 MBA Blog

Video: Inside the Executive Course

Students explain how The Executive course, which caps Yale SOM’s integrated MBA curriculum, uses case studies and visits from executives to demonstrate the importance of considering multiple stakeholders in solving a business problem.

group of friends outdoors in a city with a mascot
January 19, 2024 MBA Blog

Business & Society, Abroad

Cinthya Garibay-Collard ’24 recently completed a semester abroad at the London School of Economics—and she has advice for others considering the same.

Group of people outside a barn holding Caroline Smith election posters
January 11, 2024 MBA News

MBA Student Caroline Smith ’25 Adds an Additional Role: Serving as City Alder

On January 1, Smith, a first-year MBA student and longtime local activist, was sworn in to the New Haven Board of Alders, representing the city’s Ninth Ward.

EVident Battery cofounders
January 11, 2024 Startup Stories Blog

Startup Stories: Bringing Transparency to the Used EV Market

A conversation with Jinqiang Ning ’25, whose startup assesses battery health and remaining life of EV battery packs to make the used EV market more transparent.

James Robertson speaking to a classroom of students
January 10, 2024 MBA Blog

Video: Scenes from Social Impact Week

In December, the student-run Net Impact club hosted a series of events aimed at engaging the Yale SOM community around the theme “earning your power" and introducing students to ways they can help make a difference.