School Notes: School of Management
July/August 2018

Deputy dean honored for innovative course

Yale SOM deputy dean David Bach has won the Ideas Worth Teaching Award, presented by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Bach was recognized for The End of Globalization?, a Global Network course that brought together students from all over the world to consider the wave of nationalism that seemed to sweep the world in 2016 and its implications for the future of globalization.

Offered in the first half of 2017, the course, presented in the small network online course (SNOC) format, examined the rise of populism and economic nationalism, the unexpected outcomes of the Brexit vote and the US presidential election, radicalization and terrorism, and diminishing trust in institutions, among other topics. Students from throughout the Global Network participated in virtual discussions with Yale University faculty and experts from a variety of fields. The course’s discussions were also made available to a larger audience through a series of Facebook Live events.

The Ideas Worth Teaching awards “celebrate curricula that bring to life the promise of meaningful work in business.” The award will go to 20 courses at varying business schools that showcase innovation in management education.

Evans Hall granted LEED gold rating

Edward P. Evans Hall, Yale SOM’s campus, has received a Gold rating under the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. The rating, the program’s second-highest, reflects the building’s approach in areas such as energy use, use of materials, water efficiency, and environmental impact. Evans Hall, designed by Foster + Partners, opened in January 2014.

Celebrating Commencement 2018

The Yale School of Management hosted its 41st commencement on May 21, awarding diplomas to 465 members of the Class of 2018 in the sunny courtyard of Edward P. Evans Hall. The graduating class included 322 students in the full-time MBA program, 62 in the master of advanced management program, 75 in the MBA for Executives program, and 6 in the master of management studies in systemic risk program.