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Old Campus is nearly ready to welcome the Class of 2026. The chairs are in place, the stage is set, and Handsome Dan is patiently waiting for Commencement Weekend to get underway: ▪️ Yale College Baccalaureate — Sunday at 10 a.m. ▪️ Yale College Class Day — Sunday at 2 p.m. ▪️ University Commencement — Monday at 10:30 a.m. To check out the full schedule and everything to know for Yale’s 325th Commencement, visit commencement.yale.edu. #Yale2026 🎓

Out now - Assembling India's Constitution by Ornit Shani and Rohit De. In this paradigm-shifting history, two leading historians of India re-examine the making of the Indian constitution from the perspective of the country's people. 📚 cup.org/3KJHMmr

📘 “Development economics began not in the halls of the Global North but as a practical effort in the Global South.” – #YaleJackson historian David Engerman in a @ToynbeePrize interview about his most recent book, Apostles of Development. Read: toynbeeprize.org/posts/the-many… @Yale

Three Yalies have been selected as 2026 Rhodes Scholars, joining one of the world’s most respected communities of emerging leaders. Yale College seniors Noah B. Tirschwell of Dobbs Ferry, New York; Aruna B. Balasubramanian of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; and August A. Rios of Bluffton, South Carolina, are among 32 students chosen from across the United States for fully funded graduate study at the University of Oxford beginning in 2026. Additional international recipients will be announced in the coming days. Read more about the scholars in Yale News: bit.ly/3LJ8Umg

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Six economists helped shape the path of development in the Global South. In a new Q&A, Yale historian David Engerman discusses his book Apostles of Development, which tells the story of South Asian economists who led global efforts to reduce poverty and inequality in the latter half of the 20th century: bit.ly/3JyiWp2 #Yale

First of the Year lecture! The Yale Modern Europe Colloquium will host Professor Dagmar Herzog (CUNY Graduate Center) on “The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century.” Monday, Sept 15 from 4:00-5:30pm in HQ 107 More info: bit.ly/YaleMEC-Sept15…

Congratulations🎉 to Prof Lauren Benton, recipient of the @YaleMacMillan Center's 2025 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize📔for "They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence" (Princeton, 2024). Read the full announcement: bit.ly/461SNqm

Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History (1911 onwards) @yale_history. apply.interfolio.com/169929

America’s story is still being written. Starting tomorrow, Yale historians Joanne Freeman, Beverly Gage, and David Blight will team up for “America at 250: A History” as part of the 2025 DeVane Lecture course, an annual lecture series that is open to the public at no charge. In this video, they share what excites them most about exploring the nation’s past, present, and future as we approach the 250th anniversary. Learn more about how you can experience the course: bit.ly/3HOAzAu #Yale

UNIVERSITY | Students who fill 27 discussion sections, as well as a crowd of New Haven area residents, on Thursday attended the first lecture by professors Beverly Gage ’94, Joanne Freeman and David Blight. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/08/2…

youtu.be/mWwg3HJ8BM4?fe… David Engerman @YaleSouthAsia @yale_history in conversation with @seemay on his new book tracing the history of development through the lives of six South Asian economists who were classmates

On Monday, Sept. 23, @yalelibrary will host a discussion with @Yale professor @TimothyDSnyder, who will present his upcoming book about American political philosophy, “On Freedom." More: jackson.yale.edu/jackson-events…

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“Ned’s goal is to reinterpret American history,” says Richard White, his doctoral advisor and now a professor emeritus at Stanford. “It’s not a minor task, and it has taken a long time.” Read about Professor Ned Blackhawk in our new issue, now online at buff.ly/3L8EuWS

Meet members of the Class of 2024 who distinguished themselves in the classroom, on the field of play, and in their communities. Congratulations to all! #Yale2024 🎓 news.yale.edu/2024/05/19/ele…