Resources
The greater New Haven area offers many opportunities for students interested in joining with their fellow citizens to promote community development. Two excellent sources for more information on getting involved in New Haven organizations are
- Dwight Hall, the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale (www.dwighthall.org),
- and the Office of New Haven and State Affairs (www.yale.edu/onhsa).
Alumni Organizations
- Yale/City
Opportunities for involvement include a wide range of voluntary and paid service activities in New Haven and beyond:
- Dwight Hall Urban Fellows program (contact urbanfellows@gmail.com)
- Dwight Hall Public School Interns program (contact sor.piawah@yale.edu)
- Dwight Hall Summer Internship program (contact johnny.scafidi@yale.edu)
- President’s Public Service Fellows Program for summer internships (contact reginald.solomon@yale.edu)
- Association of Yale Alumni Community Service Summer Fellowships (www.aya.yale.edu/cssf)
Research Grants, Summer Internships, and Fellowships
- Rice Urban Fellowship
The Rice Urban Fellowship Fund supports Yale undergraduate students pursuing in-person internships and practicums of eight or more weeks duration providing hands-on experience in the area of urban studies related to meeting the challenges faced by urban environments whose placements will be in government or non-profit settings. These fellowships were established through the generosity of Eve Hart Rice. Award Amount: $5,000
Topics can include:
Applications for this fellowship will be accepted via the Office of Fellowships Summer Internship Common Application.
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Education
- Use of Public Spaces
- Urban Public Health
- Urban Climate Challenges
- Historic Preservation
- Zoning
- Affordable Housing
Other organizations are geared primarily towards graduate and professional school students:
- Yale Urban Design Workshop (contact alan.plattus@yale.edu)
- Urban Resources Initiative, a nonprofit agency associated with the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (www.yale.edu/uri)
- Urban Ecology and Design Lab (http://uedlab.yale.edu/)
- Urbanization and Global Change Group (http://urban.yale.edu/)
- Hixon Center for Urban Ecology (https://hixon.yale.edu/)
- Land Use and Urban Coalition at Yale (LUCY) (http://environment.yale.edu/sigs/lucy)
- Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School (http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/JeromeNFrankLSO.htm)
- Yale Law School Public Interest Activities (http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/publicinterestlaw.htm)
- Yale School of Management, Outreach Management Consulting Group (contact omcg@mail.som.yale.edu)
- Yale School of Management, Community Service Student Interest Group (contact communityservice@mail.som.yale.edu)
- Center for Industrial Ecology (https://cie.research.yale.edu)