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Brittany Williams in front of the UN House in Barbados.

Student research: Working on climate change in the Caribbean

Thanks to funding from the Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale I received from the MacMillan Center, I had the amazing opportunity this summer to work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Barbados on climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in the Caribbean region. From a...

In Rwanda, Yale student instructor Elizabeth Olatunji ’20 shows YYAS students how to access online university applications.

YYAS helps African students navigate path to higher education abroad

Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS), a flagship program of the Yale Africa Initiative, held sessions in Kigali, Rwanda July 29-Aug. 7, and in Accra, Ghana Aug. 11-20....

Professor Magaziner with U.S. and South African teachers at the National Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg

Shared Histories: South Africa under Apartheid

In July, thanks to generous funding from the Robina Foundation, the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (GLC) conducted the first of four trans-Atlantic teacher-to teacher professional development workshops. The purpose of these workshops is to build...

Indra Acharja in the field in Bhutan.

Student research: From Yale to Bhutan looking for the rare nest of endangered White-bellied Heron

The White-bellied Heron is a critically endangered heron species found only in Bhutan, Northeast India, and Myanmar. Fewer than 60 confirmed White-bellied Herons exist in the world today. While there are few records of occurrence of the bird from the range countries, nests of this species have...

Nadira, one of our team members, conducts an English reading test with a CHP candidate in Buyengo. All CHPs must be able to read and interpret English, and finding out their reading ability is a key part of the interview day, which also includes an exam.

Working at the intersection of health and business in Uganda

Liana Wang, Yale College Class of 2020, is currently in Uganda working with Living Goods as part of the Market Solutions for Inclusive Societies class she is taking with Professor Bo Hopkins (see related story...

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