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☆ For the first time in 323 years, Yale has elected a woman as its permanent president
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

History has been made at Yale University as Maurie McInnis becomes the first woman to be named permanent president of the Ivy League school. She has served as a Yale trustee since 2022 and earned master's degree and doctorate from Yale, per the school's announcement Wednesday morning. Yale has had only one other female leader, the historian Hanna Holborn Gray, who served as interim president from 1977 to 1978. It is the last Ivy League school to name a permanent woman president. In an interview with the Yale Daily News, McInnis expressed her gratitude for being elected president and reiterated her commitment to "tackle the world's most pressing challenges."

Persons: Maurie McInnis, McInnis, Hanna Holborn Gray, Peter Salovey, Joshua Bekenstein, — Organizations: Yale University, Ivy League, Yale, Stony Brook University, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Bain Capital, Yale Corporation, Yale Daily News, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Stony Brook, CNBC Locations: New Haven , Connecticut, Long, New York, Austin, Israel, Stony

☆ 7 tips for developing digital balance, from happiness experts: 'Find that happy medium where technology is working for you'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Digital devices provide unlimited access to so many things, and it can be both a gift and a curse. Smartphones and laptops help us to stay connected to our loved ones through phone calls and video conferencing, Laurie Santos, a psychology professor who teaches Yale's most popular class ever, said in a recent podcast episode of "The Happiness Lab." At the same time, "research shows that our screens and apps and devices are making us less social, less present and even less happy," Santos added. During the episode, Santos spoke to Amy Blankson, a happiness expert and co-founder of the Digital Wellness Institute, about ways that people can achieve a better balance when using digital devices. Here are a few of the tips that Blankson shared.

Persons: Laurie Santos, Santos, Amy Blankson Organizations: Digital Wellness Institute

☆ Op-ed: How activist investors are deactivating with proxy battle losses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Jeffrey Sonnenfeld | Steven Tian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Whether today's activist investors contribute any genuine economic value is open for debate. As this year's proxy season draws to a close, defeat after defeat for activist investors in proxy fights this year – most prominently at Disney and Norfolk Southern – raises the question: Are activist investors increasingly getting de-activated, losing their credibility and power? These self-styled "activist investors" are distinct from the original activists who helped catalyze needed governance reforms two decades back. Many of today's activist investors are a far cry from the original, heroic crusaders for shareholder value who pioneered the activism space decades ago. However, given the failing financial performance of many of today's activist investors, their losing streak in proxy fights and increasing public rejection of their bullying tactics, the credibility and value of activist investors writ large is increasingly imperiled.

Persons: Nelson Peltz's, Ed Garden, Ralph Whitworth, John Biggs of TIAA, John Bogle of, Ira Millstein, Weil, Nell Minow, Bob Monks, Harvard's Stephen Davis, Carl Icahn's, Aubrey McClendon, –, Bill Cohan, Jamie Dimon, Glass Lewis, resoundingly, Mason Morfit's ValueAct, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Lester, Steven Tian Organizations: CNBC, Salesforce, Dow Jones, Disney, Norfolk Southern, Relational Investors, John Bogle of Vanguard, Services, Chesapeake, Norfolk, JetBlue, Elanco, of Institutional Investors, United Shareholders Association, Responsibility Research, ISS, Lester Crown, Management, Yale University, Yale's, Institute Locations: Norfolk Southern, greenmailers, America

☆ I was accepted into my dream colleges: Duke, Columbia, and Yale. I flipped a coin to decide which one was right for me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Miles Kirkpatrick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was accepted into Duke, Columbia, and Yale, so I had to choose which one was right for me. Serious deliberation removed Columbia; it took a coin flip and following my gut to make up my mind. Being from a somewhat well-off family, I received substantial aid from Yale, Duke, and Columbia, but none offered me a full ride. Trust me, the coin flip worksI know it sounds stupid, but a coin flip is the best method for figuring out what school to go with if you've done everything you could but can't decide. You shouldn't follow through on what the coin flip says, but you should act like you will.

Persons: I'm, —, Duke, Mordecai, Miles Organizations: Duke, Yale, Service, Columbia, Black Student Alliance Invitational, Duke Law Locations: Columbia, New York, Duke, North Carolina

☆ This could be the end of Nelson Peltz, says Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld on Disney's board vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThis could be the end of Nelson Peltz, says Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld on Disney's board voteHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Nelson Peltz, Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: CNBC

☆ Nelson Peltz has no success as a financier, says Yale's Jeff Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNelson Peltz has no success as a financier, says Yale's Jeff SonnenfeldJeff Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management senior associate dean for leadership studies, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments in Disney's proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz, the performance of Disney CEO Bob Iger, the track record of Peltz, and more.

Persons: Nelson Peltz, Jeff Sonnenfeld Jeff Sonnenfeld, Bob Iger Organizations: Yale School of Management, Disney

☆ Boeing needs to find an 'outsider' as a CEO, says Yale's Gautam Mukunda
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBoeing needs to find an 'outsider' as a CEO, says Yale's Gautam MukundaFormer Pan Am CEO David Banmiller and Gautam Mukunda, lecturer in the practice of management at the Yale School of Management, join 'Money Movers' to discuss Dave Calhoun's decision to retire, what Boeing should do, and when issues began to appear at Boeing.

Persons: Yale's Gautam Mukunda, David Banmiller, Gautam Mukunda, Dave Calhoun's Organizations: Boeing, Pan Am, Yale School of Management

☆ Nelson Peltz is a 'net destroyer of value', says Yale's Jeff Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNelson Peltz is a 'net destroyer of value', says Yale's Jeff SonnenfeldJeff Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management senior associate dean for leadership studies, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Disney's proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz, the performance of Disney CEO Bob Iger, Peltz's track record, and more.

Persons: Nelson Peltz, Jeff Sonnenfeld Jeff Sonnenfeld, Bob Iger Organizations: Yale School of Management, Disney

☆ Yale's Stephen Roach says China may have run out of imaginative solutions to its tough problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailYale's Stephen Roach says China may have run out of imaginative solutions to its tough problemsStephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale Law School, discusses the significance of China's Third Plenum delay and what that means for its "Two Sessions."

Persons: Stephen Roach Organizations: Yale Law School Locations: China

☆ Boeing buying Spirit AeroSystems makes a 'good deal of sense', says Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBoeing buying Spirit AeroSystems makes a 'good deal of sense', says Yale's Jeffrey SonnenfeldHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: Boeing, CNBC

☆ I struggled to find my fashion sense as a Yale student. I eventually decided to put my own spin on the academia aesthetic.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Miles Kirkpatrick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The author dressed in his Yale look. My fellow Yale students became my inspirationWhen you think of Yale and fashion, the prep and Ivy League styles come to mind. There is no singular "Yale" look anymore. I've seen folks associated with FLY — Fashion Lifestyle at Yale, a new student-led fashion collective — create looks that belong on a runway day after day. While Yale has more than its fair share of fashion mavericks, the Ivy League style is still around.

Persons: —, I've, it's, Miles Kirkpatrick Organizations: Service, Yale, Business, Ivy League, mavericks, Vanderbilt Hall Locations: North Carolina, New Haven, Patagonia, Yale

☆ Boeing needed to focus on accountability: Yale's Sonnenfeld on ousting of Max 737 program head
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBoeing needed to focus on accountability: Yale's Sonnenfeld on ousting of Max 737 program headHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Sonnenfeld, Max, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: Boeing, CNBC

☆ Yale happiness expert: The No. 1 thing you can do to be happier—businesses can also use it to excel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For individuals who are seeking happiness, the answer is pretty simple and may also be of some use to businesses as well. 1 thing people can do to feel happier, Santos says "it would be engaging in social connection." "And my earliest love was ice cream. This prompted Bunn to think about how she could "use ice cream as a tool to bring people together" with a heightened focus on fostering "connection and imagination." So how can businesses similar to the Museum of Ice Cream tap into the happiness booster that is social connection?

Persons: Laurie Santos, Santos, Maryellis Bunn, Bunn, she's Organizations: U.S, CNBC, Museum of, of Locations: United States, Post

☆ I couldn't participate in extracurriculars at Yale because of the school's competitive environment. It's not just a Yale problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Serena Puang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At my public high school in Arkansas, no one else seemed to be applying to as many schools, but I kept reminding myself that it would be worth it. I matriculated at Yale, bought room decor, and learned the hard way that Yale dorms didn't have air conditioning. It's not just a Yale problemIt's not just Yale that breeds a hypercompetitive environment. The university actually felt a lot less overtly competitive than high school because people weren't all trying to achieve the same narrow set of goals. Competitive clubs are a product of a value system we bought into as children so that we could get into these schools.

Persons: I'd, we're, Crisp, It's, Mira Debs, I'm, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Yale, Ivy League, Yale Dramatic Association, College Locations: Arkansas, The, Yale

☆ Some of the best early-stage startup investors share a common trait that should be a lesson for Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the best investors when it comes to early-stage companies. The big storyPicking winnersCaterina Fake, Cindi Bi, and Suleman AliInvesting can be a crapshoot, especially when it comes to early-stage companies. AdvertisementThe investors, profiled by BI's Ben Bergman, Samantha Stokes, Rebecca Torrence, and Leena Rao, have an incredible track record for early-stage investing. Silicon Valley can be known to have a herd mentality, especially when it comes to venture investors. And yet, some of the best early-stage investors have proven to have far better success going out on their own.

Persons: —, we've, Caterina Fake, Suleman Ali, BI's Ben Bergman, Samantha Stokes, Rebecca Torrence, Leena Rao, Joseph Aaron, cofounders, Tanja Ivanova, isn't, Chanos, Elon Musk, Jim Chanos, Tesla, Musk, Dan Ives, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Brittany Hosea, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Philipp Schindler, Google's, Alyssa Powell, Michelle Obama, Betty White, Steve Harvey, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, Al Capone, Calvin Harris, Charles Schwab, They've Organizations: Service, Business, Reuters, Getty, Elon, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Google, BI Locations: pant, San Francisco, Brittany, China, Davos, ChatGPT's

☆ Fact-Checking Kremlin's Claim That More Foreign Companies Remain in Russia Than Have Left
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAfter Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, over 1,000 foreign companies announced they would exit Russia in protest against the war. "More foreign companies remain in Russia than those who left the country," Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, told Business Insider in late October. 1: Data from Yale UniversityYale University runs an ongoing study that examines which foreign companies have left Russia since the war began. Here are their results as of November 21:KSE's data shows that most foreign companies have not left Russia. Russia is making it difficult for foreign companies to exitMany companies still operating in Russia are also stuck in the process of exiting the market.

Persons: KSE, —, it's, haven't, Dmitry Peskov, Steven Tian, Tian, Agathe Demarais, Igor Lipsits Organizations: Kremlin, Yale, Service, BI, Yale University Yale University, Kyiv School of, Kyiv School of Economics, University of St, Yale's, Leadership Institute, BP, Benetton, Unilever, Nestlé, European Council, Foreign Relations, Financial Times Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Gallen, Switzerland, Ukrainian, Russian

People who claimed the power to control nature and the energy resources around them saw the environment as a tool to be used for progress, historians say. Over hundreds of years, that impulse has remade the planet's climate, too — and brought its inhabitants to the brink of catastrophe. Tapping nature for its resources drove progress and productivity for some, but it's also been a major driver of emissions and environmental degradation. By the mid-19th century, steam power was adopted in manufacturing, cotton mills, steam ships and locomotives around the world, turning coal into a global trade. Centuries later, the United Kingdom has nearly weaned itself off coal, with weeks or months at a stretch where the national grid gets no coal power.

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☆ Sam Altman inspired a mass defection at OpenAI — something Steve Jobs never did at Apple
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Altman's ouster has been so unpopular that most OpenAI workers have threatened to quit. The chaotic ouster of Sam Altman from OpenAI offers lessons around corporate stewardship and about seizing opportunity . It's a remarkable and uncommon show of support for a top dog at a company, leadership experts told Business Insider. Young, leadership expert and author of "Kissinger's Betrayal: How America Lost the Vietnam War" told BI. "Emotions and personalities play a much greater role in the small company," he said.

Persons: Sam Altman's, —, didn't, Sam Altman, It's, Satya Nadella, Altman, Jamie Dimon, Warren, Jeff Bezos, Jerry McGuire, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, who's, Steve Jobs, it's, Ken Frazier, Merck, Indra Nooyi, Marc Benioff, Benioff, Stephen B . Young, Young Organizations: Service, OpenAI, JPMorgan, Yale School of Management, Yale's, Leadership, Apple, PepsiCo Locations: Salesforce, Vietnam

☆ The affection for Sam Altman is 'remarkable', says Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe affection for Sam Altman is 'remarkable', says Yale's Jeffrey SonnenfeldJeff Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management senior associate dean for leadership studies, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the latest headlines in tech.

Persons: Sam Altman, Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Jeff Sonnenfeld Organizations: Yale School of Management

☆ Sam Altman's ousting seems to have been a 'temper tantrum' by the board: Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSam Altman's ousting seems to have been a 'temper tantrum' by the board: Yale's Jeffrey SonnenfeldJeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, joins CNBC's Jon Fortt for a Special Report surrounding the leadership turmoil at OpenAI, Microsoft's reaction, and more.

Persons: Sam Altman's, Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Jon Fortt Organizations: Yale School of Management Locations: OpenAI

☆ Thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Belarus -Yale research
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Anthony Deutsch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

More than 2,000 children Yale identified were transported to the Dubrava children's centre in Belarus' Minsk region between September 2022 and May 2023, it said, while 392 children were taken to 12 other facilities. "Russia's federal government and Belarus' regime have been working together to coordinate and fund the movement of children from Russia-occupied Ukraine through Russia to Belarus." Transports to Belarus through Russia were "ultimately coordinated" between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, it added. Lukashenko approved the use of state organizations to transport children from Ukraine to Belarus and finance their transportation, the Yale report said. Once in Belarus, children have been subjected to military training and re-education, it said.

Persons: Alexander Lukashenko, Pavel Bednyakov, Vladimir Putin, Russia's Putin, Maria Lvova, Lukashenko, David Ljunggren, Mike Collett, White, Alexandra Hudson, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, Sputnik, Rights, Yale University, Humanitarian, Yale School of Public Health, State Department, Reuters, U.S . State Department, Ukraine, Yale, Transports, Criminal, Thomson Locations: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Russian, United States, Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Minsk, The Hague

☆ Doxing of protesting students is 'really disturbing', says Yale's Joanne Lipman
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDoxing of protesting students is 'really disturbing', says Yale's Joanne LipmanHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Persons: Yale's Joanne Lipman, Brian Sullivan, “ Organizations: CNBC

☆ I worry I got into Yale only because I'm Black. I now do everything I can to prove I belong.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Miles Kirkpatrick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThis has been a bit of a secret, but when I applied to Yale, I chose to apply as an African American-studies major on a whim. Regardless, part of me thinks I got in because I'm Black and chose the smaller major of African American studies. I'm now working extra hard to prove I belong at Yale. The fact that I didn't get into Princeton made me think my Yale acceptance wasn't guaranteed. I could have edged out a more qualified candidate who was not a person of color because I'm Black.

Persons: —, Du Bois, Black, I'm, advisedly, would've, I've, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Cornel, Gates, we're Organizations: Yale, Service, Harvard, Princeton, Yale Political Union, American Student Association, Black Yale, Cultural Center Locations: American, East Coast

☆ Want to raise happy, successful kids? ‘Wait as long as possible’ to give them a phone, says Yale expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There's only one correct answer if you want them to lead happier, more successful lives, says Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos: "Wait as long as possible." This is likely to encourage poor mental health — in ways that affect kids differently than adults — and distractions in the classroom, Santos says. Social media use exposes many kids to cyberbullying, hate speech and discrimination, Make It reported in May. "These are brains that are forming and trying to pay attention in school [while their phones are going] ding, ding, ding." "They're not going to want to do as you say, they're going to want to do as you do," Santos says.

Persons: Laurie Santos, Santos, Michael Robb, They're Organizations: Yale University, CNBC, Media, Global

☆ There are 2 signs that stock market euphoria is mirroring past bubbles and could end badly for investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market is going through a "euphoria" episode that will end badly, according to Smead Capital. Other commentators have warned of market downside as interest rates stay higher for longer. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe stock market is going through a "euphoria" that could end badly for equity investors, according to investment advisor Smead Capital. "In our conversations with investors, we are pointing out the 'totality' of this financial euphoria episode. Other Wall Street commentators have warned of more downside ahead for equities as interest rates stay higher-f0r-longer.

Persons: —, Smead Organizations: Smead Capital, Service, Smead, South Seas Locations: Amsterdam

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