EVENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA
‘That’s the kind of person you want’: colleagues and friends reflect on Yale School of Medicine alumna Mandy Cohen becoming CDC director

After President Biden’s June announcement that Cohen would step into the role over the summer, the News spoke with Cohen’s former advisors and colleagues about her career.

September 6, 2023

ESMA OKUTAN & JAMES STEELE
Yale creates new doctoral training program in quantum materials

A National Science Foundation award has enabled the School of Engineering & Applied Science to work toward the new interdisciplinary program.

September 1, 2023

SOPHIE WANG, KAYLA YUP & SAMANTHA LIU
PROFILE: From Taiwan to Yale, Sandy Chang shoots for the STARS

Associate dean for science & quantitative reasoning Sandy Chang prioritizes democratizing science through mentorship and improving research accessibility.

April 28, 2023

OMAR ALI
Actress Dominique Jackson and writer Esmé Weijun Wang to speak at Yale Women’s Mental Health Conference

Dominique Jackson, known for her leading role in the television series “Pose,” and Esmé Weijun Wang, author of “The Border of Paradise,” will address the Yale community as part of the Women’s Mental Health Conference.

April 19, 2023

EMILIE MA
Yale hosts sustainability symposium featuring academic, policy and industry leaders

Last Tuesday, Yale hosted their second annual Increasing Human Potential Symposium featuring leaders in sustainability.

April 18, 2023

SAMANTHA LIU
School of Medicine researchers and parent advocates collaborate for Angelman Syndrome patients

On March 31, members from the School of Medicine and the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics convened to reflect on progress being made towards combating the neurodegenerative disease.

April 6, 2023

GIRI VISWANATHAN
YSPH Revamps Climate Change and Health Certificate

The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health’s online certificate program has been newly redesigned with an updated look at international health and social equity.

April 4, 2023

MARIA KOROLIK
Yale professor wins Academy Award for technical achievement

Theodore Kim, along with collaborators from Pixar, designed an elastic simulation system for more efficient and realistic animations.

March 1, 2023

LUCY ZHA
Yale CBIT’s healthcare hackathon returns in person

About 250 participants registered for the Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology hackathon, drawing a diverse group to create innovative solutions in healthcare.

March 1, 2023

GIRI VISWANATHAN
YSPH professors present on Russian war crimes at United Nations

On the day before the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nathaniel Raymond and Kaveh Khoshnood brought their findings on Russian war crimes to the United Nations.

February 28, 2023

SAMANTHA LIU
YUAG exhibition aims to encourage new worldviews on old artifacts

Showcasing scientific objects from post-Renaissance Europe, the latest YUAG exhibition interrogates the colonial histories behind the artifacts’ decorative facades.

February 23, 2023