Over the past two years, the Yale Alumni Association has worked with volunteer partners to listen closely to alumni across our community. Throughout the process, feedback indicated that alumni want Yale to be part of their lives in four areas of interest: service, lifelong learning, social connection, and professional development and mentoring. These four points represent the strategic direction of this plan.
In this episode, Alison chats with Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment. Burke shares how the School of the Environment has a structure that supports interdisciplinary work and why Marsh Hall is one of her favorite buildings on campus.
Yale alumni leaders and volunteers representing different shared interest groups greeted and interacted with recent graduates at the annual Welcome to NYC event hosted by the Yale Alumni Association of New York and held at the Yale Club of New York City.
The YAA Public Service Awards recognize sustained public service that is individual, innovative, impactful, and inspiring. The 2026 honorees are S. Zelda Roland ’08, ’10 MA, ’12 MPhil, ’16 PhD; Alaaddin Ibrahimy ’24 MS/MPhil, ’26 PhD; and Irene Kim ’26.
The magazine is launching its most comprehensive reader survey to date, inviting alumni, students, faculty, and staff to weigh in on what they value, what they'd change, and how they'd like to engage with YAM in an increasingly digital world.
In the video and podcast series “Yale Afternoons with Alison,” Alison Cole ’99, executive director of the YAA, meets with university leaders to learn more about their priorities and how the alumni community can support them.
Here in New Haven and throughout the United States, Yale proudly invests in the people, programs, and research that deliver real and lasting impact in communities across the country.
In this video series, alumni share how they became involved with the YAA and connect with the Yale alumni community.
