Developing key techniques for American agriculture and food production. Using the arts to drive dialogue on climate change. Putting patients at the center of healthcare decisions. Creating new forms of knowledge exchange, from the stage to Hollywood screens.

Phyllis Mugadza ’21 B.S. says she wasn’t entirely familiar with the U.S. college experience when attending high school in Zimbabwe, but when she learned about the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program, she applied and was accepted.

“I think of innovation as shifts in perspective….There’s not just one way to innovate. Innovation comes out of all disciplines.”
Those were part of the remarks delivered by Tsai CITY executive director Clare Leinweber as she opened the Global Innovation Symposium on September 26.

2018-2019 was a year of major growth for Tsai CITY. We continued to build our presence across Yale’s campus, ultimately engaging over 10% of the student body — including students from all 14 of Yale’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. In the process, we opened conversations on diverse meanings and applications of innovation, forging creative partnerships with schools, cultural centers, and other campus organizations.

Starting this fall, the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale is offering a series of courses called “Paper to Prototype: App Design Basics” meant to help students create mobile applications.

The Yale World Fellows — 16 individuals from around the globe with a demonstrated ability to effect positive change — will share their insights and experiences on Sept. 26 at the Global Innovation Symposium, an all-day event at Horchow Hall focused on driving change across industries and regions.

“There’s a lot of doom and gloom, but what I want to pitch to you is action.” Ben Soltoff, an innovation fellow at Tsai CITY and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, kicked off fall 2019’s Yale Pitch Slam by encouraging the audience to take a stand against climate change.

Yale School of Management Dean Kerwin K. Charles on September 12 kicked off the first in a series of Yale SOM events that will celebrate women this year, as part of the university-wide Celebrating Women at Yale initiative.

As Anna Cerilli’s 3-year-old daughter, Serena, grew taller, Cerilli realized there was a problem: Serena needed a new walker, and there weren’t viable options on the market for her.