International

Carla Staver's research is going up in smoke – and that's a good thing. The professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has started hundreds of fires – experimental ones – in African savannas to learn more about how they start and stop burning, and their impact on the environment. Savanna fires are the most common fires on earth and make a large contribution to the global carbon cycle, so a quantitative understanding of their behavior is more critical than ever. Carla Staver is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), home to 1200+ faculty and 50 departments and programs that span the divisions of Humanities, Social Science, and Science, and the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and provide the instruction to the students of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. MB01JRZXAPTYULB

Can the field of economics help to achieve greater equality? Rohini Pande, economist and Director of the Yale Economic Growth Center, believes economists should consider notions of justice, not just efficiency. As part of a large study, she and her colleagues, along with researchers from the Inclusion Economics initiative, are currently surveying over 5,000 Indian women to better understand a major gender disparity in mobile phone use in the country and whether government policies might be needed to correct the imbalance. Pande is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), home to 1200+ faculty and 50 departments and programs that span the divisions of Humanities, Social Science, and Science, and the School of Engineering & Applied Science and provide the instruction to the students of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. MB01BDQ6M2AFLHY

While the Yale Peabody Museum undergoes a historic renovation, many of its prized dinosaur skeletons are being refurbished — and reposed — in Canada. Experience the international journey and transformation of the iconic dinosaur skeletons from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Follow along as the fossils are shipped north to Canada for cleaning, mending, and pose adjustments that reflect the science’s latest understanding of these prehistoric creatures.

Have you ever wondered what happens at Yale’s international center? In this video, Director Steven Wilkinson explains how the MacMillan Center brings disciplinary breadth and depth to international studies at Yale University, and faculty leaders from the humanities and social sciences share some of their top-line research questions.

While teaching at Yale, paleoanthropologist Veronica Waweru discovered the power of partnering with local amateurs in Kenya's highlands... Her "knowledge co-production" model of conducting research in the field has yielded amazing results.

Former director of the Yale MacMillan Center, Steven Wilkinson sits down with current director of the center, Sunil Amrith for a conversation about MacMillan, its role at the university and in the world, and what is to come. Join us in welcoming Sunil.