Anya Geist
Staff Reporter
anya.geist@yale.edu
Anya Geist covers Science and Society for the News and is a staff writer for the WKND. Originally from Worcester, MA, she is a first-year in Silliman College and studies history.
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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

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Passover pop-up exhibit at Sterling teaches visitors about Jewish tradition

The exhibit featured books telling the Passover story from many centuries and regions of the world, encouraging visitors to engage with diverse methods of storytelling and ritual.

April 13, 2025

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What is perfection?

The perfection described in Vincenzo Latronico’s “Perfection” sounded pretty perfect to me. After reading a review of it in The New Yorker, I grabbed the […]

April 11, 2025

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Childhood books, reminders of home

Over spring break, sick with a sinus infection, I scanned the bookshelf in my bedroom at home, searching for something to read. Something calming, relaxing, […]

April 4, 2025

Ariane de Gennaro
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Climate panelists seek to foster care and communication about the environment

The panelists spoke about the relevance of climate change in a talk as part of the Environmental Film Festival.

April 3, 2025

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Searching for Jewish community

Growing up, every Saturday morning I went to Hebrew school Shabbat services. Students clustered with their five or ten other classmates, leaving gaps in the […]

March 28, 2025

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James Kimmel Jr., Yale psychiatrist, to publish “The Science of Revenge”

James Kimmel Jr., a lecturer in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, is set to publish a new book on May 27.

March 26, 2025

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The multitudes of spring

The scent of spring is jarring. I smell it in the breeze of the first 50-degree day last week — it connotes bright buds popping […]

March 8, 2025

Aileen Santiago
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Running the afternoon away

After a day of class, I feel at loose ends. I am drifting through the mid-afternoon, desperately needing to create a mental break between the […]

February 21, 2025

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Yale student founds TranscribeGlass, a live speech-to-text transcription device

Madhav Lavakare ’25 created the glasses as a more accessible hearing aid.

February 18, 2025

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DeepSeek clears way for AI accessibility

Researchers believe the new AI model will be beneficial to users but could potentially pose security concerns.

February 11, 2025