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West Campus event invites local students to see themselves in STEM fields

November 15, 2021

Reprinted from YaleNews By Allison Bensinger The Zoom room opened and, within a minute, more than 100 middle school and high school students joined the online webinar. They began filling the chat with greetings to one another and with comments of... read more

Compared with a control (left), treatment with SLR14 (right) reduces the signs of inflammation and pneumonia in the lungs of SARS-CoV-2–infected mice. (©2021 Mao et al.)

Immune system early responder can combat COVID-19

November 10, 2021

Reprinted from YaleNews on November 10, 2021 Contact: Bess Connolly, 203-410-5032 or elizabeth.connolly@yale.edu A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus... read more

Physicist Dr. Charles Brown featured in Perspectives: Conversations with Alumni

October 27, 2021

Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) On October 27th, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) co-hosted a... read more

Photo provided by Jeopardy Productions Inc. shows "Jeopardy!" contestant Matt Amodio during a taping of the popular game show.

Matt Amodio's historic run on "Jeopardy!" finally over – it came to be known as the "Amodio Rodeo"

October 12, 2021

CBS News reprinted New York — All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio's historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on Monday's show, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio failed... read more

Matt Amodio GRD ’23 now second place all-time in “Jeopardy!” wins

October 7, 2021

Amodio, a fifth-year computer science Ph.D. candidate, passed James Holzhauer and now sits behind only Ken Jennings in consecutive “Jeopardy!” wins. (reprinted from Yale News) James Richardson, Dean Centa & Louie Lu 1:35 am, Oct 07, 2021 Staff... read more

Damith Ayaska Fernando ’08 B.S., ’18 M.S (Photo by Robert Lisak)

In Memoriam: Ayaska Fernando, Yale School of Medicine director of admissions and campus figure

October 6, 2021

Yale News reprinted from October 5, 2021 Damith Ayaska Fernando ’08 B.S., ’18 M.S. (widely known as Ayaska), the director of admissions at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and a beloved member of the larger Yale community, died on Oct. 2 after a... read more

2021 Yale-Jefferson Awards honor three Yalies for their contributions to society and community

October 5, 2021

Yale Alumni reprinted from September 20, 2021 The Yale-Jefferson Awards are presented annually, recognizing sustained public service that is individual, innovative, impactful, and inspiring. The recipients are three Yalies – a Yale College... read more

Nia Harmon, Chemistry Ph.D. candidate, sets up an electrochemical cell for a nitrate reduction experiment in the Wang Research Lab.

Yale Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate Receives Prestigious Solar Fellowship

October 4, 2021

Yale University Department of Chemistry Original Article by Charlyn Paradis reprinted on October 5, 2021 Yale Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Nia Harmon was recently awarded a 2021 Rising Solar Fellowship by the Women of Renewable Industries and... read more

GSAS congratulates Yale MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant winners

September 29, 2021

Reginald Dwayne Betts, J.D. ’16, Ph.D. Law candidate Areas of Focus: Poetry and Criminal Justice “As a practicing lawyer, Betts fights for clemency and parole for individuals facing lengthy sentences, and he is a member of local and national... read more

Graduate student financial well-being

September 27, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: Chairs, DGSs, registrars In this message: Summary of recent changes and current projects aimed at ensuring graduate student financial well-being. Dear students, My years in academia have taught me to greet... read more

‘Choosy’ enzymes hit pause to ﬁnd genes that ﬁt

September 13, 2021

Yale West Campus News published on September 13, 2021 ‘Choosy’ enzymes hit pause to ﬁnd genes that ﬁt By Jon Atherton

Bacterial hairs power nature’s electric grid. (Image credit: Ella Maru Studio)

Graduate students uncover hidden mechanism powering ‘nature’s electrical grid.’

September 9, 2021

Yangqi Gu and Vishok Srikanth, graduate student researchers in the Malvankar lab, found an unexpected structure that helps power nature’s ‘electrical grid.’ Using cryo-electron microscopy, they were able to reveal bacterial hairs that create... read more

Information about teaching in fall 2021

August 31, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Information about teaching in fall 2021 Dear graduate students, As we begin the new semester, we know that those of you serving as teaching fellows may be wondering... read more

Why choose Yale Graduate School

August 19, 2021

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New masking and distancing requirements for Summer 2021

August 13, 2021

A Message from Dean Cooley Copied to: DGSs, Chairs, Registrars In this message: Fall 2021 welcome and summary of vaccination and other requirements Dear graduate students, I am delighted to welcome all new and continuing graduate students to... read more

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