Anya Geist
Staff Reporter
anya.geist@yale.edu
Anya Geist covers technology for the News and is also a staff writer for the WKND. She previously covered science and society. Originally from Worcester, MA, she is a sophomore in Silliman College and studies history.
Author Archive
ANYA GEIST
Devoret, Nobel laureate who taught at Yale, looks back on career

Michel Devoret, a winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, reflects on his path from high school engineering projects to his philosophy on research and mentorship.

November 5, 2025

ANYA GEIST
Breaking musical boundaries, bridging cultural divides

The santur sounds out of another time. Out of place, too, in a New Haven apartment. The Persian instrument has been played for centuries. As […]

October 24, 2025

Hadas Bram
ANYA GEIST
Growing Series startup, Yalies turn to reality TV and other campuses

The AI-powered social network Series, founded in the spring by two Yale undergraduates, has surpassed 300,000 profiles and filmed a reality TV show over the summer.

October 14, 2025

ANYA GEIST & JAEHA JANG
At Yale, Nobel laureate worked eagerly with colleagues, students

Five of Michel Devoret’s former colleagues and students recounted the enthusiasm and attention to detail that the emeritus professor brought to his work.

October 13, 2025

ANYA GEIST
Yale professor wins physics Nobel Prize for quantum mechanics research

Michel Devoret, a Yale physicist, won the prize alongside two other researchers for the work they conducted at the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and 1985.

October 8, 2025

ANYA GEIST
Yalie launches new productivity app for ‘mental renaissance’

Monk, founded by the popular YouTuber Collin Junus ’27, is meant to help students reduce distractions while studying or achieving other goals.

October 8, 2025

ANYA GEIST
QuantumCT named finalist for national multimillion dollar award

The Yale-University of Connecticut partnership works to expand quantum research and industry in a number of fields.

October 2, 2025

ANYA GEIST
Student website Yideshare facilitates trips through rideshare platforms

The student startup, launched last month, seeks to ease the chaos — and costs — of arranging shared rides for travel around breaks.

September 30, 2025

MICHELLE SO & ANYA GEIST
West Campus open house invites the public to see conservation efforts

At a Collection Studies Center open house, visitors toured Peabody Museum and Yale Art Gallery artifact collections and watched conservators repair objects for display.

September 30, 2025

ANYA GEIST
New student-run platform aims to simplify degree planning

The platform, Degree Intelligence, suggests classes for users based on information about their majors and transcripts.

September 23, 2025

ANYA GEIST
The truth behind pizza

I never thought I would be held hostage for pizza. But world records don’t get broken without blood, sweat and tears. Naively, I imagined the […]

September 19, 2025

Ximena Solorzano, Head Photography Editor