Julia Levy
Staff Reporter
julia.levy@yale.edu
Julia Levy covers Computer Science, Physics, Astronomy, and Earth & Planetary Sciences stories. She is a senior in Pauli Murray College majoring in Computer Science & Astrophysics.
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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

JULIA LEVY
Yale astronomy graduate student writes a Martian adventure children’s book

Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the next generation of scientists.

February 18, 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

YOLANDA WANG & JULIA LEVY
“This was CS50”: Yale ends largest computer science course

After a decade of partnership with Harvard, Yale’s CS50 course will no longer be offered starting in fall 2025 due to limited funding and an expanding computer science department.

February 4, 2025

JULIA LEVY
Yale experiences Planet Parade

Six planets are simultaneously visible in the New Haven Night Sky this month.

January 27, 2025

JULIA LEVY
Yale research recognized as a Top Ten Physics Breakthrough of 2024

A Wright Lab experiment capitalizes on simple physics to produce a groundbreaking technique to detect particle decay.

January 26, 2025

SHUA HAHM & JULIA LEVY
Discovery of three supermassive galaxies may redefine understanding of galactic evolution

Yale researchers among those who discovered three “ultra-massive” galaxies, which were formed shortly after the Big Bang and do not fit an existing galactic evolution model.

January 15, 2025

JULIA LEVY
Peabody Museum opens new neuroscience exhibit

The exhibition, entitled “Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention and Memory,” explores the history of neuroscience and the wonders of human cognition.

December 3, 2024

JULIA LEVY
Particle physicist reminiscences on career in physics

Stanford professor Helen Quinn presented the Howard L. Schultz Sr. Price Lecture on the early days of the Standard Model and the theory of the axion.

November 19, 2024

JULIA LEVY
Music major composes orchestra symphony on black holes

Rory Bricca ’26 presented his piece on Active Galactic Nuclei during the Annual Astronomy Department Jamboree, sourcing inspiration from a Yale astronomy course.

October 29, 2024

JULIA LEVY
NASA astrophysicist opened inaugural Tinsley Workshop

Dr. Jane Rigby presented the Keynote Public Talk on the James Webb Space Telescope to usher in the new lecture series on black holes and galaxies.

October 27, 2024