EVENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
ANYA GEIST & JANICE HUR
Yale-launched national coalition aims to defend public health from political threats

Led by Yale faculty, Defend Public Health is mobilizing thousands of scientists, clinicians and students to push back against political threats to evidence-based health policy.

April 16, 2025

JANICE HUR
Connecticut sues Trump administration over $150M in public health cuts

Yale professors warn of long-term impacts to disease surveillance, vaccine programs and the academic research workforce following abrupt federal grant terminations.

April 4, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Eight Yale scientists elected as AAAS fellows for their research contributions

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized Yale researchers for their contributions to medicine, evolutionary biology, economics and more.

April 2, 2025

JULIA LEVY
Yale administers alternative summer STEM research funding for undergraduates amid cancellation crisis

In lieu of recent cancellations for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and other summer opportunities, Yale physics students advocated for the Yale College Dean’s Office’s new initiative to support Yale undergraduate summer research.

March 6, 2025

NATALIE HAASE
Ali Zaidi, former White House climate advisor, gives talk at School of the Environment

At a talk last Friday, moderated by professor Daniel Esty LAW ’86 at the School of the Environment, Ali Zaidi, former climate advisor at the White House, discussed the role of institutions in addressing climate change.

February 26, 2025

EDIS MESIC
Inside Yale’s medical school: First years share their experiences

The News talked to first-year students at the School of Medicine about the pre-clerkship curriculum and non-academic opportunities.

February 17, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Undergraduate-run research conference to be official event at McInnis’ inauguration

The YURC planning committee foresees several changes, including securing a larger budget, research topic diversity and speaker representation for the 2025 conference.

February 16, 2025

JANICE HUR & JULIA LEVY
U.S. Senate report flags $4.7 million of Yale’s NSF funding for “promoting DEI”

Sen. Ted Cruz, who spearheaded the report, called to end the “politicization” of National Science Foundation funding, as the foundation scours grants for violations of Trump’s orders.

February 16, 2025

ASUKA KODA
‘Choice for Tomorrow’: Inaugural conference lays groundwork for student-led reproductive rights network

Last week, student leaders across the country gathered at Yale for the first intercollegiate reproductive health conference.

February 16, 2025

JANICE HUR
“He wants to make us all sicker”: Trump’s NIH indirect funding cuts face lawsuits, judicial block

After states and universities sued the NIH over the new policy, a federal judge temporarily blocked the cuts in 22 states, including Connecticut.

February 11, 2025

ALESSANDRA PAPPALARDI
First-Generation, Low-income affinity group overcomes obstacles to success at the School of Medicine

At the Yale School of Medicine, first-generation, low income students prove that personal circumstances need not be a barrier to success. The News spoke to three FGLI students at the School of Medicine to reflect on an internal affinity group, educational support resources and their experiences.

January 17, 2025