Colloquium focuses on “Peace, Power, and the Global Good”
Researchers, negotiators, and policymakers convened at Yale April 20–21 for the 2026 Yale Peacebuilding Colloquium, sharing evidence and testing ideas at the intersection of conflict resolution and policy. In his keynote, Sergio Jaramillo—Colombia’s former high commissioner for peace, who led four years of negotiations with far-left guerrilla group the FARC—offered a framework for understanding why peace agreements succeed or fail. A significant portion of the colloquium examined early childhood development as a foundation for peacebuilding. The second day focused on moving evidence into policy and placing it in the hands of ambassadors, state delegations, and mission staff ahead of the next United Nations General Assembly.
Sixteen global leaders named 2026 World Fellows
The International Leadership Center has announced the 2026 Yale World Fellows—16 leaders working across politics, global health, technology, environment, journalism, and the arts. They include a Ukrainian journalist, a Chinese environmentalist, and a Kenyan orchestral conductor. Yale’s signature global leadership initiative, the World Fellows Program has welcomed over 400 participants from 102 countries since 2002.
Ukrainian veterans visit campus for leadership training
A new program with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation brought 15 Ukrainian veterans to New Haven April 26–30 for an intensive week of leadership training and exchange. The cohort included a Marine who defended Mariupol and survived two and a half years in Russian captivity, a former film director turned drone operator, a medic credited with saving more than 200 lives, and a 24-year-old double amputee who returned to active duty while leading a veterans’ NGO. Presenters came from across Yale and the Jackson community, including Doug Beck, Zoe Chance, Jimmy Hatch ’24, Robert Malley ’84, ’85MA, Emma Sky, and Timothy Snyder.
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