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Startup Stories: An Angel Investment Fund Leveraging EMBA Students’ Expertise
A conversation with Alex Hatzis ’24, who collaborated with his classmates to create a fund to invest in startups at Yale and elsewhere, in health tech, fintech, and sustainability.
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Student-Run Ventures Snag Prizes at Startup Yale 2023
Four startups founded by SOM students—Fines and Fees Freedom Fund, Carbon Loop, Cache DNA, and Phigitals—were among the ventures cited during the annual event recognizing entrepreneurship across Yale.
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Dean Kerwin Charles Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Charles joins a select group of artists, intellectuals, and leaders as a member of the American Academy.
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Meet the New Director of Admissions
Keith Gallinelli joins the MBA for Executives Admissions team, bringing him home to New Haven.
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Surrounded by Culture and History
MBA for Executives student Charina Amunategui ’24 takes a trip to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Taking Risks Early in Your Career and Committing to Lifelong Learning are Keys to Career Success, Says Citadel’s Ken Griffin
In a colloquium at Yale SOM on April 12, the founder and chief executive officer of Citadel offered perspectives on career development, the future of finance and technology, and philanthropy.
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Making a Difference: Bringing Chess to a Local School
We talked with Sharan Subramanian ’24 about what he has learned teaching chess to students in New Haven’s East Rock Community School chess club.
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Visiting Yale, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Hails Program on Financial Stability
YPFS is “a tremendous asset to the world’s financial stability community,” Yellen said in conversation with President Peter Salovey.
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Yale SOM to Contribute to New Haven’s Efforts to Distribute the Benefits of Growth
The school will sponsor programs at the Center for Inclusive Growth, and Dean Kerwin Charles will sit on its board.
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Yale SOM Receives Major Gift to Launch Swensen Asset Management Institute
The new academic center will further the study and practice of asset management by supporting research, convening thought leaders, and funding scholarships for students.