By Susan Gonzalez
April 27, 2021
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David Blight, Mary Miller, and Indra Nooyi
Three Yale affiliates are among the 36 distinguished scholars and leaders elected to the American Philosophical Society at its April meeting. They are historian David Blight, former Yale College Dean and art historian Mary Miller, and Yale School of Management alumna Indra Nooyi, a former senior trustee on the Yale Board of Trustees and former PepsiCo CEO.
Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the American Philosophical Society is the oldest learned society in the United States. It was established for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” It honors leading scholars, scientists, and professionals through elected membership and opportunities for interdisciplinary intellectual fellowship, particularly in its semi-annual meetings. The society also supports research and discovery through grants an
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New principles regarding fossil fuels to guide Yale’s endowment
The Yale Board of Trustees last week approved a new set of ethical investment principles (PDF) to guide the university’s decisions concerning companies producing fossil fuels.
The five principles, recommended by an expert faculty panel appointed in October by President Peter Salovey, create new standards for the activities, behaviors, and characteristics of fossil fuel companies that would warrant divestment.
The principles establish a framework through which Yale can encourage fossil fuel producers to adopt more sustainable practices and advance the shift to a decarbonized energy future – and to call out and make ineligible for investment by Yale those companies that do not.
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Explainer: how alumni elect trustees
With a petition candidate on the ballot for the first time in 19 years, there is new interest in the election process.
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The Corporation Room in Woodbridge Hall, where Yale’s trustees meet. Every year, alumni elect a trustee to a six-year term. View full image
If you’re not sure you could pass a pop quiz on how the alumni elect a trustee to the Yale Board every year, you’re not alone. Only about 12 percent of eligible alumni voted in last year’s election. But this year’s has drawn more than the usual interest from alumni, partly because, for the first time in 19 years, a self-enlisted candidate will be on the ballot. Here’s a quick guide to how it all works.