Asha Prihar
Staff Reporter
asha.prihar@yale.edu
Asha Prihar served as managing editor of the News during the 2019-20 academic year. Before that, she covered community service, Yale's professional schools and undergraduate student life as a staff reporter. She is a senior in Silliman College studying political science.
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ASHA PRIHAR
Students eagerly anticipate “Black Panther” release

Like audiences across the world, Yalies are bubbling with anticipation for “Black Panther,” Marvel’s first big-screen venture starring a black male superhero in the leading […]

February 15, 2018

ASHA PRIHAR
Challah event raises $260

Students fed themselves and helped feed others during the Yale Challah for Hunger’s inaugural sale, which took place on Cross Campus Friday afternoon. Originally slated […]

February 11, 2018

ASHA PRIHAR
ESL program reaches 150 students

Weekends are not usually a time for class. But on Saturday morning, over 150 people came to two of Yale’s cultural centers to learn English […]

February 5, 2018

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ASHA PRIHAR
Egan offers insight into creative process

Most writers of historical fiction look at primary documents and speak with experts when they research a historical setting about which they wish to write. […]

January 30, 2018

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E&EB professor wins prestigious award

Homology — the biological term to describe a similar trait shared by different species that are derived from a common ancestor — is a divisive […]

January 24, 2018

ASHA PRIHAR
Students reflect on Birthright Israel trip

Twenty-nine Yale students and seven of their close friends and family members spent winter break exploring the country of Israel and their own Jewish identities […]

January 19, 2018

ASHA PRIHAR
Former CIA director speaks at Yale

Former CIA Director John Brennan shared his insights on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, cybersecurity, counterterrorism and Middle Eastern conflict with a packed room at Linsly-Chittenden Hall on Wednesday evening.

December 7, 2017

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ASHA PRIHAR
Thesis project re-envisions Macbeth

Intense relationships, chilling murders and William Shakespeare’s dramatic prose will come to life on stage at Whitney Theater this weekend and next weekend in “The […]

December 1, 2017

ASHA PRIHAR
PRIHAR: Gourmet grievances

When I arrived home for Thanksgiving break last week, I was hungry. Seeking some form of sustenance after a five-hour car ride, I went to […]

November 29, 2017

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ASHA PRIHAR
Zika paralyzes through immune response

Yale researchers have published a study examining the immune system’s response to the Zika virus and that response’s role in nerve-related complications. Published in the […]

November 28, 2017

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ASHA PRIHAR
Paracyclist closes Africa Week

“Many years ago, Martin Luther King started something and said, ‘I have a dream.’ I believe that everyone here in this room is a dreamer,” […]

November 14, 2017