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April 21, 2021 MBA News

Equity Alliance CEO Claude Grunitzky Discusses Equity and Education in Africa

Grunitzky spoke at Yale SOM on April 7 as part of the Colloquium on Business and Society.

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March 11, 2021 MBA Blog

Looking Back at Black History Month at Yale SOM

All month long, students documented life at Yale with a series of Instagram takeovers.

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February 19, 2021 MBA For Executives News

Student Project Examines Racial Disparities in Retirement Savings

Building on a class assignment, a team of students in the MBA for Executives program created an initiative last fall that explored ways to encourage retirement planning in African-American and Latino populations.

September 29, 2020 News

A Statement from Dean Kerwin K. Charles on Responding to Racism

We at SOM are called upon to address systemic racism, both because we are part of the larger national current and because our distinctive mission urges us to engage with pressing societal issues.

September 29, 2020 News

Dean Kerwin K. Charles Announces Steps to Respond to Racism 

The Yale School of Management will take a series of actions to achieve greater diversity and inclusion and address racism at the school and beyond, Dean Kerwin K. Charles announced on September 29.

July 15, 2020 MBA For Executives News

Dr. Cecelia Calhoun ’21 and Prof. Howard Forman Publish Call to Address Racism in Healthcare

In a USA Today opinion article published on July 15, Prof. Howard Forman and Dr.

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July 08, 2020 MBA For Executives News

Video: Leadership for Health Equity

In the fall of 2019, Yale SOM launched the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership, a program that equips accomplished healthcare professionals with leadership skills and systemic thinking to improve healthcare access and ou