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	Governance, Accountability and Transparency Faculty Lecture Series Yale SOM October 3, 2002 MORE INFO >> Blending Sectors Reception Yale Club of New York City October 24, 2002 MORE INFO >> Yale MBA Women's Summit 2002 Yale Club of New York City November 14, 2002 MORE INFO >>

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	Florencio López-de-Silanes Professor of Finance and Economics; Director, International Institute for Corporate Governance Professor Florencio López-de-Silanes specializes in International Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, Corporate Governance and Legal Reform, Privatization and Deregulation. He is a founding member of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Corporate Governance in Russia and the Committee on Best Corporate Practices in Mexico. He has helped international companies in their efforts to improve their corporate governance practices and has acted as an advisor to stock market commissions in several countries. FULL FACULTY PROFILES >>

	Mass Vaccination May Be Best Response to Smallpox Attack Say Yale School of Management and M.I.T. Sloan Experts In the event of a smallpox attack, a mass vaccination policy would result in fewer deaths and faster disease eradication than alternative vaccination strategies, reports a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (article 2827). Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, the best response to a smallpox attack has been a topic of hot debate. READ FULL STORY MORE FACULTY NEWS >>

	Yale/Neighborhood Reinvestment Home Equity Guarantee Project Home equity is the single largest component of household wealth for the majority of American households. Yet, there is virtually no way for the average family to insure itself against drops in home value and the ensuing destructive financial loss. Until now... READ MORE READ ALL RESEARCH >> Sign up to receive faculty research papers via e-mail >>

	RECOMMENDED READING Barry Nalebuff and Law School Professor Ian Ayers's new Forbes column "Why Not?" in which they encourage readers to present new, out-of-the-box ideas for improving the way businesses are run. READ MORE Jonathan Low, Yale SOM '79, has co-authored with Pamela Cohen Kalafut a book entitled Invisible Advantage: How Intangibles are Driving Business Performance (Perseus Publishing, June 2002).

	LEADERS FORUM Indra Nooyi, Yale SOM '80 President & Chief Financial Officer PepsiCo, Inc. September 12, 2002 LISTEN ONLINE 2002-2003 Leaders Forum Speakers >>

	AYA LIFELONG LEARNING Featured Course: Beyond Irrational Exuberance: Making Sense of the Stock Market after the Bubble Course author Robert J. Shiller, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, draws on a wide range of published research and historical evidence, and particularly on recent scholarly work in the growing field of behavioral finance. This online seminar will focus on the recent performance and behavior of the stock market. It will challenge conventional wisdom -- that stock market prices are rational and efficient, and that stocks make superior long-term investments -- and suggest new explanations. READ MORE Enroll >> Full Online Course Listing >>

	The International Institute for Corporate Governance (IICG) is a new research and teaching center for corporate governance worldwide and explores the relationship between legal regulatory frameworks and the global economy. The IICG has a four-fold mission. It will conduct research, build capacity in the private and public sector through teaching and advising on corporate governance, disseminate best practices internationally, and interact with academic institutions throughout the world.


	We'd like to welcome you to the Yale School of Management's inaugural Alumni E-Newsletter. This is an experiment in our efforts to improve our communications to you and the services we offer alumni. Our goal is to provide you with information you can use and an ongoing and direct connection to Yale, including: Access to latest faculty research and online learning resources Access to Leaders Forum lectures Links to a new online Alumni Calendar Latest news featuring alumni Career Resources and links to post jobs or view alumni job postings Links to access Yale SOM's Global Alumni Network, update records, and submit class notes We hope you enjoy this new connection to all Yale has to offer. Cécile Ablack, Associate Dean

	It is with great pleasure that I write to you from the Dean's Desk of the inaugural issue of the electronic alumni newsletter. This e-news is one of a series of new programs we developed over the summer with the guidance of the Yale SOM Alumni Association Board and the SOMAA. Our goal is to increase the quality of communication and level of services we offer our alumni. As you know, last year was an extraordinary one -- for the world and for the school. We are in the midst of great changes in society and in business. The impact of September 11 has produced a sharp discontinuity in global politics and economics from the last two decades, and everyone -- governments, businesses, non-profits -- is navigating in uncharted waters. In addition, corporate scandals have undermined our trust in a system we valued as one of the best in the world. READ FULL MESSAGE

	The Yale School of Management Stock Market Confidence Indexes(tm) Reveal Investor Confidence Sliding New Haven, September 3, 2002 - The stock market is down 20% since the beginning of the year (as measured by the Standard & Poors 500), and The Yale School of Management Stock Market Confidence Indexes(tm) directed by Robert Shiller, author of the bestseller Irrational Exuberance, show that individual and institutional investor confidence is steadily sliding. READ FULL STORY MORE SCHOOL NEWS >>

	Second Yale SOM Graduate Joins Yale Corporation Indra Nooyi, a 1980 graduate of the Yale School of Management and the president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo, has joined the Yale Corporation as a successor fellow, President Richard C. Levin announced. READ FULL STORY In what has become a hallmark event for the school, the second annual Yale MBA Women's Summit 2002, on November 14th, features seven top women alumnae leaders in Finance, Consulting, Media, Non-Profit, Venture Capital, and Entrepreneurship. MORE ALUMNI LEADERS >> 2002-2003 ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES >> SIGN UP TO BE A CLASS AGENT >>

	"They stole our newsletter, and we could not be more pleased." -- Tom Taft, Yale SOM '85, President SOMAA This first edition of the Global Alumni Network News and Events is one important manifestation of the partnership that has grown in recent years between the independent Alumni Association and the administration of the School itself. Two years ago we saw the need for an electronic newsletter geared to meet the interests and needs of the alumni, and board member, Randall Johnson, undertook the creation and implementation of that newsletter. We are very pleased that the Alumni Affairs office is taking over this effort from us, and see it as a perfect example of the Board identifying a need and the School responding effectively to it. READ FULL MESSAGE

	Yale to Honor Life of Edward Bouchet The University will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of its noted alumnus Edward Bouchet -- the first African-American student to graduate from Yale College and the first African-American in the United States to earn a Ph.D. -- with a series of events taking place throughout the year. READ FULL STORY MORE YALE NEWS >>

	Thanks to the efforts and dedication of many people, Fall 2002 was one of our most successful admissions recruiting seasons. We received 2,517 applications for the Yale MBA program, up 20% over last year and a new record for the school. Two successful recruiting campaigns helped contribute to this rise in applications. The Admissions Office hosted special events for historically underrepresented minorities and women-both with spectacular results. READ FULL STORY Megunticook Scholarship Recipients Last year, the Yale School of Management launched a new scholarship for students of African American, Hispanic American, and Native American descent. Made possible through a generous gift from alumnus Thomas Matlack. Yale SOM '91, the Megunticook Scholars Program selects two first-year MBA candidates each year who demonstrate a core intent to give back to their communities. The award covers full tuition for the two years of the Yale MBA program. It also provides mentoring for the recipients and an opportunity between the first and second year to spend a week in Boston with Mr. Matlack at Megunticook Management Company, a venture capital firm that invests in promising communication, media and technology companies at the earliest stages of their development cycles. READ FULL STORY SNAPSHOT OF THE ENTERING CLASS WANT TO BE AN ADMISSIONS ALUMNI AMBASSADOR? >>

	Coleen Singer Appointed New Director of Career Development On August 22, 2002, Dean Garten announced that Coleen Singer has been selected as SOM's new Director of Career Development after an extensive national search. The dean noted: "Coleen's long and successful association with SOM through her consulting firm specializing in career development, as well as her business development, sales and marketing experience at Netkey, Inc., her investment banking and recruiting experience at Lehman Brothers Inc. and her systems analyst experience at Exxon Company, USA, make her especially qualified to lead the considerable efforts of the Career Development Office during this challenging time." READ FULL STORY ALUMNI CAREER RESOURCES >> PARTICIPATE IN CDO ACTIVITIES >> POST A JOB: SEND US A JOB LISTING IN WORD OR PDF FORMAT >> VIEW ALUMNI JOB POSTINGS >>



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