Michelle So
Staff Reporter
msshellso | michelle.so@yale.edu
Michelle So covers climate change and the School of the Environment. Originally from Los Angeles, California, she is a first year in Timothy Dwight College majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
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MICHELLE SO
The world is losing butterflies, Yale study finds

In a first-of-its-kind study, Yale researchers were able to create a global map of butterfly diversity “hot-spots.” These high-altitude environments are most at-risk from climate change and ecosystem loss.

April 14, 2025

MICHELLE SO
School of the Environment welcomes 125th class to campus

Around 80 admitted students representing 26 U.S. states and four countries came to campus for the School of the Environment Admitted Student Welcome Days. The students hoped to experience a day in the life of a YSE student and learn more about the school.

April 4, 2025

MICHELLE SO
School of Medicine holds third medical spelling bee. Balanoposthitis was the winning word

Medical terminology is notoriously challenging to both laypeople and medical students alike. On March 19, Yale graduate students competed to see who was the best speller of them all.

March 27, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Haven’t cleaned your water bottle? Yale experts break down the dangers of mold

Mold lurks in moist locations, including on the inside of water bottles. On a popular app, Fizz, students have confessed to cleaning their water bottles only once every several months, and Yale researchers weighed in on the potential dangers of mold exposure.

March 26, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Yale forum celebrates ten years of Center on Climate Change and Health

In a forum hosted by YCCCH and Yale Planetary Solutions, faculty across disciplines gathered to discuss achievements and future initiatives.

March 4, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Palette to Purpose: Yale undergrads use art, music and touch to chronicle the burning world

A collaboration between a climate activist and an advocate for the visually impaired led to the creation of Palette to Purpose, an art exhibit to fundraise for disaster relief and cataract surgery.

March 3, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Humans living in wildland-urban interface at higher risk for zoonotic disease, Yale study finds

Animal-human interactions are on the rise in wild-urban zones. Yale scientists are concerned about the implications of disease.

February 28, 2025

MICHELLE SO
Yale’s $12.6-million initiative brings green chemistry to the Global South

Yale’s Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering has taken on projects that advance sustainable chemistry and make common syntheses safer.

February 24, 2025

MICHELLE SO
ANALYSIS: A warmer world may be a more violent world

The News talked to Yale experts about the correlation between climate change-related environmental stressors and domestic violence.

February 21, 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

ANYA GEIST & MICHELLE SO
How New Haven grapples with climate change

Flooding and extreme heat pose risks for New Haven as the environment warms.

February 11, 2025