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Yale SOM Welcomes MBA for Executives Class of 2026
A group of accomplished leaders from a variety of industries arrived at Evans Hall on July 12 for orientation and their first on-campus residency.
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Diving into Digital Transformation at EMBA Global Network Week
During a week-long exchange program in Switzerland, Janitra Taylor ’25 learned about digital business strategy and visited the headquarters of the International Olympics Committee.
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Pat Tillman Foundation Awards Scholarships to Two Students
Nicole Echols ’25 and Galen Jones ’26 join a select group of higher education students pursuing careers that build on their military experiences.
![A black and white photo of former Yale SOM dean Burton Malkiel in the classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-07/Malkiel_September%201983_2_crop.jpg.webp?itok=PvzjXw_f)
The Historian’s Notebook: When Burton Malkiel, Author of a Finance Classic, Led Yale SOM
Best known for his book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, which introduced many readers to passive investing, Malkiel was also a Yale SOM dean who helped build the school’s faculty and curriculum.
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Yale SOM Welcomes New Faculty Members
Four scholars in economics, organizational behavior, and accounting will join the faculty in July.
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Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership Welcomes Newest Fellows
The new cohort includes Akshar Abbott, a VA ophthalmologist; Liany Arroyo, COO of the Charter Oak Health Center in Connecticut; and Carrie Bridges, vice president of community health and equity at Rhode Island’s Lifespan Health System.
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Learning Blockchain Basics at EMBA Global Network Week
During a week-long exchange program in Singapore, Manish Pandya ’25 learned from blockchain experts by day and explored local markets with his family by night
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Prof. Christopher Clayton Wins Award for Research on Geoeconomics
In a 2023 paper, Clayton and two co-authors offered a mathematical model to understand how great powers exert economic pressure on other countries.
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The Historian’s Notebook: The First SOMers
This edition of the Historian’s Notebook looks at the Charter Class, the first cohort of students to matriculate at Yale SOM.
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Proud & Loud: Embracing Pride at Yale SOM
This June, Pride Month marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and Yale SOM continues its celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, which began with our own Pride Week in April.