Yale transforms institute in new School for Global Affairs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale’s Board of Trustees has approved the opening of a new professional school for the first time in 43 years.
President Peter Salovey announced Saturday that Yale will transform its Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
Salovey says the school will seek to conduct research relevant to the development and adoption of international policy with the idea of creating leaders to tackle issues such climate change, war a