Erica Youngstrom
Erica Youngstrom
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SOM group joins global partnership
While students at the Yale School of Management have provided pro bono consulting services to New Haven businesses for years, some are now collaborating with students at other schools to assist entrepreneurs in more distant locales. Global Social...
SOM continues its climb up standings
The Yale School of Management placed in the top 10 of two national business school rankings this week, continuing to improve its standing relative to other institutions. The Wall Street Journal, which released its rankings Wednesday, named the SOM...
Faculty represent Yale in Beijing conference
Continuing Yale's storied relationship with China as well as its history of participation in World Economic Forum events around the globe, three faculty members recently represented the University at a Beijing summit entitled "China's Development:...
SOM is searching for dean successor
Replacement will need to have good alum contacts, continue int'l programs
Shortly after School of Management Dean Jeffrey Garten announced his intention to step down last April, a search committee appointed by Yale President Richard Levin began meeting to evaluate candidates for Garten's replacement. Committee Chair and SOM...
Thefacebook.com faces suit
Lawsuit against Harvard undergrads asks court to shut down Web site
A lawsuit filed earlier this month against a group of Harvard undergraduates may put an end to one major time-wasting technique for students at Yale and across the country. The suit alleges that Thefacebook.com founder Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard...
SOM starts program for execs
New degree program will attract small group of leaders in the health care sector
As part of its ongoing effort to enhance collaboration among Yale's graduate schools, the School of Management recently announced that it will launch a new executive business degree program. Set to begin next August, "Yale MBA for Executives:...
Brundige and Herald '02 will Bike the Vote
After Ally Brundige '02 biked across the country in Habitat for Humanity's 2001 Habitat Bicycle Challenge, she decided she wanted to make the trip again -- this time for a political purpose. Brundige and Vanessa Herald '02 started Bike the Vote...
SOM receives human behavior grant
The School of Management announced this week that its International Center for Finance has received the Whitebox Advisors Grant for Behavioral Finance. Administrators said the SOM intends to use the funds to establish Yale as a premier center for...
Society chooses Y50K winners
Six seemingly unrelated businesses, providing products that range from restaurant guides to women's shoes, now have something in common. The Yale Entrepreneurial Society announced the winners of its fifth annual Y50K Business Plan Competition at the...
Homemade cookies make dough for frosh roommates
When Brett Lazer '07 returned from spring break with 80 homemade cookies, he and his roommates finished approximately 20 one night before going to sleep. In the morning, Lazer was surprised to see that the remaining cookies had vanished. He said that...