Mexico for alumni-hosted events
Just as a delegation of 100 Yale students, faculty and staff were returning from a historic visit to China, another group from the University headed out to another part of the world -- South America -- to form new relationships there.
Yale faculty, admissions officers and members of the Yale Concert Band were among the participants in "Yale Week in Brazil" ("Semana de Yale no Brasil"), which was held May 28 through June 3 in São Paulo, Brazil. The week -- organized by the Office of International Affairs in conjunction with the Yale Club of Brazil, the Brazilian Business School and its dean, alumnus John Schulz '67 -- featured a series of lectures by Yale faculty, school visits by admissions officers, alumni events and performances by the Yale Concert Band.
The mission of the trip was to raise the profile of Yale throughout the Brazilian business, civic and educational sectors, as well as among prospective students and the general public.
The faculty members who gave public lectures during Yale Week in Brazil are Garry D. Brewer, the Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor of Resource Policy and Management at the Yale School of Management (SOM) and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES); K. David Jackson, director of undergraduate studies in Portuguese and professor of Portuguese; Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, professor of finance and a fellow at SOM's International Center for Finance; and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean for executive programs at SOM, the Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice and the founder, president and chief executive officer of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute at SOM.
In addition to the lectures, the Yale delegates gave media interviews, and a variety of admissions activities were held welcoming prospective undergraduate and graduate students. During the week of June 4, the Yale Concert Band performed concerts in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Yale's relationship with Brazil dates back 175 years. When the first Brazilians came to New Haven in the 1830s, the University was helping train leaders who took on roles in the Brazilian provincial governments. More recently, the University has embarked on a number of collaborative programs with partners in Brazil.
The trip to Brazil came on the heels of a similar journey by a Yale group to Mexico in late March. During "Yale Week in Mexico," four Yale faculty members, University admissions officers and the Yale Whiffenpoofs participated in various activities in Mexico City and in Monterrey. This trip was organized by Yale Club de Mexico President Tito Vidaurri and club Vice President Luis Madrazo Lajous with assistance from the Office of International Affairs.
Faculty lecturers on this trip were Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and director of international security studies; Harold Koh, dean of the Yale Law School and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law; and Mark Saltzman, the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and chair of biomedical engineering; and Sonnenfeld.
The public in Mexico was also treated to singing by the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the University's oldest a cappella music group.
The first Yale student from Mexico graduated from the University in 1858. Since then, numerous other Yale graduates have assumed leadership roles in Mexican society, including former president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo, who now serves as the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and is a professor of field economics and politics and an adjunct professor at F&ES.
The University also has collaborative partnerships in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
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COMMENCEMENT 2007
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Baccalaureate Address
Honorary Degrees
Outstanding teachers and students are awarded prizes
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'Lights, cameras and action!' come to campus
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New Yale website illustrates the history of slavery in Connecticut
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