Nyché T. Andrew, whose traditional name is Skavaq Sivulliuqti, a rising senior in Yale College who is pursuing a joint master’s and bachelor’s degree in political science and a certificate in education studies, has received a 2024 Udall Undergraduate...
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on Connecticut’s shoreline in 2012, some residents stayed home while others fled. How people made those consequential decisions fascinates Ben Everett-Lane, who made it the topic of his undergraduate thesis.
“How people...
Before arriving at Yale four years ago, Alyssa Michel saw her future college life as an extension of her high school years. An engaged student in high school, involved in 20 or so clubs, she expected her time at Yale would involve similar pursuits.
“I...
John Nguyen entered Yale with plans to become a neurosurgeon. Instead, he found his calling as a writer.
As a student at Harding Senior High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, Nguyen had been laser-focused on STEM subjects. But after taking some English...
If you had asked Olivia Sally a year ago where she’d be after graduating from Yale, she would have answered that she would be in law school. But a conversation with Mira Debs last spring changed everything.
Sally had just dipped into the icy waters of the...
Mirabel Nguyen came to Yale having never visited the campus. In fact, she’d barely seen any photographs of it. But as she selected her college, she was determined not to be swayed by beautiful scenery anyway; she wanted to choose a school solely on its...
Nathan Chen always knew his Yale career would be split in two: when he arrived in the fall of 2018, the figure skater already had the 2022 Winter Olympics in his sights, and would need to take time off to prepare and compete.
While on campus, the demands...
Barkotel Zemenu is a believer in the revelatory nature of relationships.
At the most fundamental level, he says, relationships between unseen particles form the scaffolding upon which the universe flourishes; on a more human level, relationships between...
Drop in on Amy Cohen and chances are you’ll find her creating something beautiful: an architectural frame, a laser-cut puzzle, a strawberry cake, an oil painting. The mechanical engineering student’s online portfolio also displays a music box, a ceramic...