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A New Kind of Africa Business Conference
Strolling across the fourth floor of Evans Hall on November 1, you’d find fifty students from seven schools buried in the details of mobile payments regulation in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Kickstarted! Tuckerman & Co. Launches at Yale
Jonas Clark '15 took a deep breath. "How am I doing? I'm great. Tired. But I signed up for this. We didn't apply anywhere else. We knew we were coming to SOM. We knew we were going to start this business."
Prof. Edward Kaplan Looks Back at Pioneering Needle-Exchange Program
Professor Edward Kaplan was one of an intrepid group of activists and Yale public health researchers who launched a needle exchange program in New Haven almost 25 years ago to combat the spread of AIDS.
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Learning How to Change the World
I was often asked during my MBA: “What made you decide to go for an MBA?” and my answer never changed: “I want to change the world, and I think the MBA can help.”
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Feeling Back to Your Roots – Interpersonal Dynamics
Interpersonal Dynamics (IPD) is one of the most highly bid courses at SOM. Yet, an aura of mystery surrounds it; some students bid nearly all their points to get into a class without being fully aware of its key takeaways.