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Finding Community at Yale Young Global Scholars (Summer Program)

November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET

Yale Young Global Scholars is one of the most globally diverse, two-week academic summer programs in the world. Serving nearly 2,000 students from 150+ countries (and 50 U.S. states), YYGS invites high school students worldwide to discuss pressing topics in STEM, politics, economics, global affairs, and more! YYGS is a place where students challenge their own thinking, communicate their ideas, and form lifelong friendships.

We invite you to join this webinar to learn about what makes YYGS a unique summer experience. YYGS Program Manager, Durel Crosby, will explain more about the program, current academic offerings, and different ways students connect during our residential experience at Yale University. This is a rare opportunity to speak directly with a YYGS staff member.

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Meet the speaker:

Durel Crosby, Program Manager, Yale Young Global Scholars

Durel is the STEM Program Manager at Yale Young Global Scholars. He has a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, and was also a Yale Education Studies Scholar and member of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy class of 2021. Previously, he taught as a YYGS instructor for two summers.

Upon conferral of his Associates in Science by Harold Washington College he transferred into the Eli Whitney Students Program. Since 2019, he has been a recurring presenter, for Detroit and Chicago-based faculty and student audiences, on his advice for successful transition into college level courses and strategies for students to use to excel in math and medical science-relevant studies.

When he is not busy reading emerging scientific research, Durel can be seen around campus feeding himself a healthy diet of poetry, yoga, and calisthenics. A life-long athlete, he is in hot pursuit of the elusive sub 5-minute mile, after a 10+ year history of long distance running.