The scholarships, which will cover a minimum of half of tuition will be awarded to the strongest candidates based on academic and professional accomplishments, as well as leadership potential.
“We need students to look at economics and say, ‘Oh, actually this isn’t just about getting a job at an investment bank. This is a tool kit that’s helpful for making all kinds of change in the world.’” — Prof.
@judy_chevalier
Read the profile:
Want to learn about antitrust, but don't know where to start? In a series of engaging animated videos, Prof.
@ProfFionasm
and other SOM scholars explain key economic concepts used in
#antitrust
law and competition enforcement.
Watch them here:
Congratulations to Prof
@florianederer
and
@ProfSongMa
, who received the Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship for their article “Killer Acquisitions.”
Economist Kerwin Charles of the University of Chicago will become the Indra K. Nooyi Dean of the Yale School of Management on July 1,
@Yale
President Peter Salovey announced today.
“While words and relationships matter, conversations alone will not change racism. Racism is a structural phenomenon; only concrete actions from organizations and policymakers can change it.” —Prof.
@CydneyDupree
.
Congratulations to Profs. Lorenzo Caliendo and
@florianederer
, winners of the 2023 Yale School of Management Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards. Caliendo won the award for teaching in the MBA core curriculum, and Ederer was honored for elective teaching.
"DACA recipients are more entrepreneurial, resilient, hardworking, education-focused, and committed to the American economy than anyone else.” —Prof.
@CanalesRo
We are pleased to announce the launch of the
@Commonwealthfnd
Fellowship in Minority Health Leadership, an opportunity for leaders in minority health to complete the
#YaleEMBA
program.
"It is time to stop lionizing and demonizing fraudulent American myths like that of Horatio Alger and instead celebrate real American business heroes," writes Prof.
@JeffSonnenfeld
in a
@TIME
commentary.
“The pillars for us to get through this includes mitigation of the virus, protecting the most vulnerable, and restoring faith in institutions, science & scientists,“ said Dr. Howard Forman (
@thehowie
), Dr. Nunez-Smith's colleague and former teacher.
"If organizations wish to support Black employees — a common refrain, particularly since summer 2020 — the one thing they must do is allow the flexibility that can help Black employees thrive." — Prof.
@CydneyDupree
#BlackHistoryMonth
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy (
@vivek_murthy
), a member of the Yale SOM Class of 2003, has been nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to serve as surgeon general of the United States.
@YaleMed
#YaleSOMAlumni
Beloved economics professor and former dean Sharon Oster lost her battle with cancer on June 10. We send our deepest condolences to her family. She will be greatly missed. Her colleagues, students, and friends share memories about Sharon and her legacy:
Congratulations to our amazing Class of
#Yale2020
!
The world needs you, leaders for business and society, now more than ever. We celebrate you today and look forward to welcoming you back to
@Yale
to celebrate this achievement.
Professor of Finance
@StefanoGiglioEc
has been awarded the Carlo Alberto Medal for the year 2021 by the
@CollegioCA
. The award recognizes an Italian scholar younger than 40 who has made outstanding contributions to the field of economics.
Read more:
Congratulations to William Nordhaus ‘63 B.A., ‘72 M.A., Sterling Professor of Economics at
@Yale
and the world’s leading economist on climate change.
#NobelPrize
BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer.
#NobelPrize
SOM Summer Reading: Prof Howard Forman (
@thehowie
) recommends Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by
@vivek_murthy
'03. "This book opens one’s eyes to the social, psychological, & medical consequences of loneliness."
I never dreamed I’d have the honor to once again serve as Surgeon General. In this moment of crisis, I’m grateful for the opportunity to help end this pandemic, be a voice for science, and support our nation on its path to rebuilding and healing.
Congrat to
@ProfSongMa
and
@florianederer
on their award for ”Killer Acquisitions,” which argues that incumbent firms may acquire innovative targets solely to discontinue innovation projects and preempt future competition.
#FacultyFriday
"I think I speak for us all when I say that we at SOM affirm the pain that causes so many to gather and collectively raise their voices against racial injustice."
Read today's message from Dean
@KerwinKCharles
to our community:
.
@michaelbierut
: "Each of us…has the opportunity to make a contribution as citizens. You can do it as a carpenter or a dentist or a surgeon or a bajillionaire—or if you’re an artist, you can contribute something w/ the talent you possess."
#facultyfriday
A team of public health leaders led by Yale SOM’s
@thehowie
has issued its own set of detailed policy recommendations to lawmakers for a comprehensive COVID-19 stimulus bill.
🎉 Congratulations to
@BarbaraBiasi
, assistant professor of economics, who won a 2024 Best Paper Award from the American Economic Association (AEA).
The paper examines flexible pay structures in public school districts.
Read more about the recognition:
CNN’s
@jimsciutto
visited Yale SOM earlier this month to discuss his new book as part of the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism Speaker Series, which brings distinguished journalists to Yale to share their research.
After 40+ years at
@Yale
, Prof Sharon Oster is retiring this spring. She served as
#YaleSOM
’s first woman dean and its first tenured woman professor, leaving a lasting impact on the school's curriculum and culture.
🚗⚡️ Joel Li '25 has relaunched with the goal of bridging the gap between electric car buyers and sellers.
Their mission? Streamlining the transition to emission-free rides.
Learn more about his
#startup
journey:
In Appalachian Ohio, innovative efforts to build vibrant communities and a new economy are creating momentum to overcome a legacy of poverty and underinvestment.
#hopeinappalachia
This weekend's snow and ice storm turned campus into a winter wonderland just in time for our spring core and elective classes to begin today. Photos: Toan Do ’19
Calling all
@Yale
students with world-changing ideas around health, education, environment, equality, sustainability:
1 week.
5 Prizes.
$125,000.
#startupyale
applications are due TODAY:
Medicare helps close racial gaps in access to healthcare.
Research co-authored by Prof.
@paulgp
looked at the impact of Medicare eligibility on disparities in health by comparing Americans before and after eligibility.
Read the article:
An expert in competition and antitrust economics, Fiona Scott Morton will be the first woman to serve as chief economist of the EU's primary competition authority.
”SOM attracts people who ask, ‘What kind of impact am I going to leave in the world?’”— People like Rakesh Saha ’19 himself, whose ultimate goal is to run his own nonprofit impact organization.
Register for the April 13 online conversation with Erica Green (
@EricaLG
),
@nytimes
correspondent, on her career in journalism. The R. Peter Straus ’44 Lecture is presented by the Dean's Office and
@TheBroadCenter
at Yale SOM.
"So honored and grateful to have participated in the
#YaleSOM
alumni dean search and listening tour...
@IndraNooyi
, you don't know how happy you've made my family by taking this pic. It's something my family and I dreamed of since my first days at SOM." — Barjdeep Kaur ’18
What are SOM faculty reading this summer? From themes of social justice and anti-racism to climate change and pandemics, 9 professors share the books at the top of their reading lists.
Kerwin Charles, who will become
#YaleSOM
’s Indra K. Nooyi Dean later this year, spoke with members of the community on March 26, declaring himself eager to listen and to continue the school’s upward trajectory.
Congratulations to Prof. Howard Forman, who has won a journalism award from
@ACEPNow
for his
@WSJ
commentary on the connection between ER ”boarding” and patient dissatisfaction, lengthy hospital stays, and mortality.
#facultyfriday
"She was the Mick Jagger of academics, infinitely cool and ageless, and yet willing to hang out with nerds," writes Prof.
@BarryNalebuff
of Sharon Oster, the beloved teacher, scholar, dean, and mentor who passed away last week.
Our mission of educating leaders for business & society infuses all our programs with a drive for success & impact.
“We believe the most impactful leaders always weigh both sides of the ampersand in our mission—business and society.” —
@KerwinKCharles
Dozens of high school students from New Haven and surrounding communities are on campus today for the Yale Young Women’s Leadership Conference. The women will learn valuable leadership skills aimed at inspiring them to aspire to their greatest potential.
.
@jessicahelfand
, a designer and lecturer in design and management at
#YaleSOM
, will lead a student trip to Cape Town, South Africa, during spring break to work on water-related projects as the city faces a water crisis.
New analysis suggests that the firms cutting ties with Russia are seeing markedly better shareholder returns, according to data tracked by Prof.
@JeffSonnenfeld
and his team.
Read more on
@YaleInsights
:
Weakening unions can lead to gender gap in wages, according to research by Prof.
@BarbaraBiasi
. "It can generate differences across genders that are not justified on the basis of things like ability."
"Everybody values being heard. Whenever someone says 'I hear you,' you immediately create a currency that you can reinvest into the relationship."
—
@carlaannharris
, Managing Director at
@MorganStanley
Harris visited campus today in conversation with Jamila Abston ’17.
Do new arrivals in a country take jobs away from the native residents? Prof
@mushfiqmobarak
summarizes six observations from economic research about how
#immigration
creates economic benefits.
Indra Nooyi ’80, the former chairman and CEO of
@PepsiCo
, was honored at the 2019 American Portrait Gala at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., on November 17, as her portrait was added to the gallery’s collection.
Today we also celebrate the top-notch staff at SOM, who support, nourish, organize, advise, administer, caffeinate, protect, and befriend our students as they earn their degrees. Congratulations on a flawlessly executed commencement—and thank you for everything! 🙌🏽
#Yale2018
Nobel Prize-winning
@Yale
economist
@RobertJShiller
examines how the stories we tell about our lives and our society can spread from person to person, changing shared perceptions of events and shaping economic behavior.
Prof.
@JeffSonnenfeld
has won the 2023 Award for Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner by the
@AOMConnect
. He is being recognized for a lifetime of contributions in applying leadership studies to the world of business.
Read more:
Loneliness is often deadly, and U.S. Surgeon General Dr.
@vivek_murthy
'80 has long spoken out about this often overlooked public health crisis. We'll be live-tweeting as Yale SOM welcomes back Dr. Murthy for a Leaders Forum talk on "Tackling Loneliness in Business & Society."
We were saddened to learn today of the death of David Swensen, Yale’s legendary chief investment officer. Swensen was a longtime lecturer at Yale SOM and a mentor to the many SOM graduates who have become leaders in the endowment management field.
David Swensen ’80 PhD, Yale’s chief investment officer who revolutionized institutional investing w/ “Yale Model,” died after a long battle w/ cancer. President Salovey writes: “Future generations will benefit from his dedication, brilliance & generosity.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed war and peace in Ukraine in a live, virtual address at the Yale SOM today. Hosted by Prof.
@JeffSonnenfeld
, this event brought together Yale faculty, U.S. senators, and national media outlets.
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“What’s missing [in the current stage of people-management technology] are ethical frameworks, privacy frameworks, and much more explicit conversations about diversity and inclusion.” —
@LaszloBock
’99 of
@Google
and
@humuinc
Proud of economist
@mushfiq_econ
, just honored by
@voxdotcom
. They highlight his and his colleagues' work on issues affecting people in low- and middle-income countries, including sanitation, technology adoption, masks, and microfinance.
#FacultyFriday
Save the date: Oct. 30, "The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America" with
@jimsciutto
,
@cnnnewsroom
, and
@dbachglobal
. Registration required.
Is your 2021 resolution to drop a few pounds? Research co-authored by Prof. Kosuke Uetake (
@Chanman_ECON
) shows setting small goals helps most people successfully lose weight.
Read more on
@YaleInsights
: