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📖 Book lovers, this one's for you: have you ever wanted to try your hand at bookbinding?

For students in COSMOS's "Technologies of the Book" course, that curiosity recently became a hands-on lesson.

During a bookbinding workshop, students learned traditional techniques for folding, sewing, and assembling books, gaining a deeper understanding of the material processes behind the texts we read every day.

COMOS is a MacMillan Center Global Program devoted to the study of objects and materiality across the world.

Through hands-on creative experimentation, historical inquiry, and scientific exploration, COSMOS aims to understand the materials that shape our global cultural heritage.

Read more about the workshop:
https://lnkd.in/eD66zwj4

Photos: Michelle Foley

A new exhibit in Luce Hall spotlights Uttar Pradesh through photography.

Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state, and the exhibition showcases the economic, religious, and political complexities of the region.

Installed on March 30, 2026, the photos were taken by Vrindavan-based photographer Abhinav Goswami and Mumbai-based photographer Shaleen Parekh.

The exhibition will be open for viewing in Luce Hall to all Yale affiliates through the summer.

Read more: https://macmillan.yale.edu/stories/unveiling-paradoxes-spotlighting-uttar-pradesh-through-photography

📸 Congratulations to Lauren Okine, winner of May's Summer Photo Contest!

As a Fox International Fellow, Lauren spent an academic year conducting research at the University of Ghana.

"This photo was taken from Adomi Bridge of a fisherman using a traditional woven basket trap on the Volta River in Ghana, West Africa. Through the Yale International Fox Fellowship, I was able to spend an academic year conducting research at the University of Ghana, and I captured this photo on a trip with friends."

🌍 Are you traveling internationally this summer for research, study, internship experiences, language learning, or cultural exchange?

Submit your favorite photo to our June Summer Photo Contest!

Visit here to learn more and enter: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a67VEYtOSnsFX2m

Did you graduate on May 18? 🎉

Send the MacMillan Center your graduation photos!

We would love to celebrate our Class of 2026 graduates.

Featured:
🎓 Lydia Smith — European & Russian Studies
🎓 Kira Johansen — East Asian Studies

Images can be sent to [email protected].

This Memorial Day, we reflect on Yale’s role in global education during World War II.

In 1944, officers from OSS Detachment 101 learned Burmese from Yale linguist Dr. William S. Coryn and Maung Shwe-Waing as part of wartime language training efforts that prepared servicemen for work abroad.

The Army Specialized Training Program also brought hundreds of servicemen to Yale during the war — a history remembered decades later when program participants reunited on campus in 1995.

Today, as the MacMillan Center continues to advance international understanding and global engagement, we honor those who served and remember the lasting connections between language, learning, and service.

During a weeklong campus residency, Ecuadorian Chef Rodrigo Pacheco shared his environmentally friendly approach to (delicious) cuisine with the local community.

Chef Pacheco aims to use his culinary skills and creativity to promote sustainable cuisine and environmental conservation and generally be a force for positive change.

Read more: https://news.yale.edu/2026/05/19/forest-table-chef-rodrigo-pacheco-brings-sustainable-culinary-vision-yale

Forest to table: Chef Rodrigo Pacheco brings sustainable culinary vision to Yale During a weeklong campus residency, Ecuadorian chef Rodrigo Pacheco shared his environmentally friendly approach to (delicious) cuisine with the local community.

Happy Commencement Day! 💙🎉

Congratulations to all graduating Yalies and the MacMillan Center 2025-2026 graduate class, which includes more than 35 students who earned their bachelor's, master's, and/or certificates in translation and languages.

Meet our newest alumni: https://macmillan.yale.edu/macmillans-2025-2026-graduates

St. Paul’s University partnered with the Project on Religion and Society in Africa to host the AI and Theological Education Workshop in Nairobi.

The landmark consultation convened senior leadership and faculty from several prominent theological institutions.

Together, these academic leaders gathered to collaboratively map the future of artificial intelligence within African theological education.

Read more: https://macmillan.yale.edu/stories/navigating-future-st-pauls-hosts-landmark-ai-and-theology-workshop