UNIVERSITY | JAEHA JANG & ASHER BOISKIN Yale graduate wins economics Nobel Prize for studying economic growth Joel Mokyr GRD ’72 ’74, a Northwestern University professor who once declined an offer to teach at Yale, won the prize on Monday morning for his research on innovation-based economic growth.
UNIVERSITY OLIVIA WOO & HENRY LIU Venezuelan leader who won Nobel Peace Prize was a 2009 Yale World Fellow In 2009, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado spent four months on Yale’s campus engaging in discourse with a diverse array of global leaders.
SCI-TECH ANYA GEIST Growing Series startup, Yalies turn to reality TV and other campuses The AI-powered social network Series, founded in the spring by two Yale undergraduates, has surpassed 300,000 profiles and filmed a reality TV show over the summer.
UNIVERSITY ANNA KOONTZ Forty Yalies set to walk from Yale to New York City over fall break A group of four students organized a walk from Yale to New York City that will span four days and 77 miles.
