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TBC Alumni Journal: To Create Paths to the Middle Class, Teach Students to Create Options
Dhyia Thompson-Phillips, a 2019 graduate of The Broad Residency, is executive director of Workforce Equity at Olive-Harvey College, part of the City Colleges of Chicago.
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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One Minute with... Jamila Abston ’17 and Lofton Holder ’90 on Racial Equity in Finance
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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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.
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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.
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.
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.