Olivia Woo
Staff Reporter
Olivia Woo covers Faculty & Academics for the University desk. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she is a first-year in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in Ethics, Politics & Economics.
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YCC receives administrative backing for healthcare accessibility program

A year after its inception, the Healthcare Transportation Reimbursement Program is set to be incorporated into the Yale College Dean’s Office.

New Haven Reads raises $25,000 for literacy efforts in annual Spelling Bee

Teams of undergraduate students, faculty members and New Haven residents competed in New Haven Reads’ 12th annual Spelling Bee to support the nonprofit’s local work.

Activist Denisse Cruz-Contreras seeks to support survivors of patriarchal violence

Denisse Cruz-Contreras, a founding member of the non-profit organization Red Sin Fronteras, spoke about the work students can do to support survivors of violence while avoiding re-victimization.

Undergraduate funding committee focusing on transparency as first-round funding cycle ends

The News spoke with the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee about its efforts toward better communication with the student body just before clubs receive their first funding awards of the year.