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How Millions of Simulated Maps Can Help Us Make Electoral Districts That Feel Fair

Part of resolving the political redistricting stalemate, writes Professor Jamie Tucker-Foltz, is creating congressional maps that align with human intuition about fairness.

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A Machine-Learning Model Can Help Reunite Long-Separated Families

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Rebuilding Local News, One Town at a Time

Bob Rifkin ’89, president of the board of the Belmont Voice, says the nonprofit model for local news has had a palpable impact on his community—and can do the same for your town.

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Innovating for Profit and Purpose

To confront pressing societal challenges, we need businesses focused on new ideas and new solutions—and old ideas executed in new ways. We talked with Yale SOM faculty and alumni about pushing limits, taking disciplined risks, and developing resilient ventures while sustaining a dual commitment to profit and purpose.

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Collection No. 10

The Business Behind the Arts

Every cultural institution has a mission that goes beyond the bottom line—enriching a community, preserving human achievement, delivering joy. But that mission also depends on business considerations—assembling financial and human capital, connecting with customers, considering long-term sustainability. We talked with leaders in the arts about the large and small strategic choices that their institutions must make to survive and succeed.‌

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Collection No. 9

Can We Do Business in Space?

Two decades into the era of private space flight, companies are establishing ventures in low-earth orbit, sending private citizens into space, and pursuing exploration and development on the moon and beyond. We talked to Yale alumni and other leaders about how finance, law, and other day-to-day details of business get translated into space.

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