As a youngster, Ulystean J. (Jonathan) Oates ’23 hoped that he might someday become a neuroscientist.
“But then,” he said, “things happening in the world, like the police killing of Michael Brown when I was in 7th grade, spurred me to start thinking...
Once it was impossible for Nareen Barwari to imagine studying at Yale. Now, the graduating senior encourages others to see past the seemingly impossible in their own quest for higher education.
The daughter of Kurdistan refugees, Barwari was born and...
Karena Zhao was 5 years old when she decided she wanted to be a doctor, although she had no idea what the profession involved. Now that she is graduating from Yale with a B.S. in neuroscience and hands-on experience in the medical field, she said, “I...
Last spring, when college students found themselves isolated in quarantine, Ileana Valdez made a light-hearted offer to create a digital tool matching singles for blind dates or conversation. It quickly blew up into a full-fledged dating app, OKZoomer,...
Three Yale faculty members are among the 175 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists awarded 2020 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Edyta M. Bojanowska, Danna Singer, and A.L. Steiner were chosen from among 3,000 applicants...
Putting together a list of top Yale stories for any year can be a daunting task — especially when you have more than 1,600 to choose from (that’s how many we published on YaleNews in 2019) and when each documents something about Yale that makes us proud....
Yale College Dean Marvin Chun will host a dinner on Dec. 2 to honor the recipients of the annual Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation, created to recognize excellence in teaching. This year’s recipients are Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Rohit De, Adriane...
Yale President Peter Salovey has been named to the Governor’s Workforce Council, a group charged with helping develop a statewide strategy for ensuring that Connecticut’s postsecondary education and workforce development systems meet the needs of both...
Yale will undertake a top-to-bottom renovation of Kline Tower, a major project expected to further enrich the intellectual makeup of Science Hill, university leaders said this week.
Planning for the renovation of the landmark structure is entering its...
At the head of every Yale Commencement procession is a marshal holding a mace depicting the mythical “Yael” — a creature with the head of a goat, boar-like tusks, golden horns alternately curling front and back, and a protruding red tongue.
Among the...