… campus are coming together April 14-15 at Evans Hall for Entrepreneurship Across Yale , an event featuring Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship prizes with live pitching competitions, judging and prize presentations. At stake are three $25,000 … of the Yale Venture Challenge, sponsored by the Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES). “This event is a true display of the talent and innovation happening all across Yale’s campus,” …
… resources around Yale. Besides mentorship, the YEI collaboration also brought them together with the third team member – Jie Pan, PhD candidate at the time. The Center for Engineering … turning it to a core priority. Becky emphasizes the need to treat entrepreneurial endeavors with the attention they require and believes both a flexible and formalized … – to be in a dynamic, fast passed environment where she “gets to run the show." Related Events 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 15th, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT — 7:30 AM EDT …
… risen into the ranks of a white-collar profession, felt his first pangs of disillusionment with American meritocracy. Shouldn’t the best be recognized for its bestness? He left his job and started working in small tofu shops around San Francisco, eventually setting off to start a company of his own, Hodo Soy. “To be honest with you, it … his tofu at local farmers’ markets—“a great place to launch a food business,” he said—eventually expanding to stalls at 12 markets across the city. When he’d established a …
… working on: Methods to increase the adoption of toilet usage in Kenya, critical to the prevention of disease [Judith Chevalier (Yale SOM), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Johann Caro … (Yale FES), Chelsea Judy (Yale FES)]. “Students and faculty at Yale are pushing the global conversation on sustainability through cutting-edge applied research on the world’s most … working on: Methods to increase the adoption of toilet usage in Kenya, critical to the prevention of disease [Judith Chevalier (Yale SOM), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Johann Caro …
… priorities are and understanding how the work that we are trying to move forward aligns with those priorities. It’s an exercise in finding ways to help other people feel connected … was moderated by Stuart DeCew ’11, CBEY’s program director. Langert agreed that engaging with individuals on their own terms is the best way to effect change in a large … and move it all forward.” This article first appeared on Yale School of Management. Related Events GE Colloquium on Sustainability Leadership: McDonald's Corporation Thu, February …
… In mid-November I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) event at United Nations headquarters. (The event was simultaneously celebrated in 145 … and enthusiasm livening up the otherwise quiet halls. The day opened on a memorable note, with news coming in from Syria that 40 young women were holding their own roundtable in … to nurture female entreprenuers. In this rhythm the afternoon flew by, fueld by inspiring conversations, meeting with a fellow Yalie, Tanya Rivero, from The Wall Street Journal , …
… the majority of food that is from developing countries. Yet they often struggle with limited income from inefficient, low-yield farming practices. Second, rapid … These trends are increasingly heightened by climate change impacts such as severe weather events and rising temperatures. Investments in the Triple Bottom Line In response, new … fundamentally starts with how farmers deal with soil,” said Manoj Kumar, CEO of Naandi Foundation, which runs the Araku Valley project in India as part of the Livelihoods Venture …
… The Towards Science Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies … COP21. There was a lot of excitement about the potential impact of the platform during the event and Paul Lussier and the student team are continuing to work with IPCC to develop S2B. … seeing the Eiffel Tour, and touring around Paris. I also took part in a few COP21 side events where there were climate change leaders from all over the world speaking about their …
… what to expect, but intrigued by the title of his class, “Towards Science Communications with Impact: Environmental Engagement for a Changing World.” The posted syllabus included … would be about “the theory and practice of values-based environmental communications, with a focus on building science-based communications pathways among a variety of … and equip with lessons learned from SOM and FES, I know this is just my beginning. Related Events Sustainability, Transparency, and Metrics in Business Wed, April 22nd, 2015, 7:45 AM …
… speak about climate action. This transformation will affect business, but it needs to begin with the institutions that educate tomorrow’s leaders of business” said Peter Bakker, … and they need to be able to integrate solutions for social and environmental challenges with good financial results. This partnership provides our members with both scientific … Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change WBCSD Internships Related Events Scale Up: USBCSD/WBCSD/Yale Conference Wed, June 25th, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT — Thu, June …