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Scarce STEM grants imperil research jobs

Yale’s science faculty across the University are struggling to find ample funding for their research even after they get tenure, due to the financial landscape of both the University and the country’s STEM fields.

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STEM equipment sees unequal funding

Amid calls for graduate student unionization at the Oct. 15 GESO rally on Beinecke Plaza, Shari Yosinski GRD ‘17, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, raised concerns about the upkeep of Yale’s laboratories.

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Solar panels energize West Campus

Google Earth users scrolling from West Haven to Orange, Connecticut will soon no longer just see the dark tan roofs of Yale West Campus buildings.

Professor’s startup receives $300 million

Arvinas, a New Haven biotechnology firm founded by a Yale professor, announced on Thursday an agreement with the largest cancer-specializing pharmaceutical company in the world: […]

Feathers play crucial role in birds’ communication

A recent study from the Yale Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Peabody Museum of Natural History suggests feathers play a crucial role in birds’ efforts to communicate.

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With new symposium, STEM opportunities expand

The Yale Undergraduate Research Association’s first research symposium gave Yale STEM students an opportunity they had not had before — a chance to distinguish themselves at a research symposium at their own school.

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Yale offers middle school girls science experience

One hundred twenty-one rockets ascended in the air nearby Kline Biology Tower this Saturday, deploying parachutes as they drifted back to the cheering astrophysicists.

Perceived inequality has a negative effect on total wealth

Ostentatiousness may not just be obnoxious among colleagues, but might actually harm long-term performance by fracturing trust and social bonds, according to a study out of Yale’s Human Nature Lab.

Symposium encourages undergrad research

On Monday, the Yale Undergraduate Research Association hosted Yale’s first undergraduate research symposium — an all-day event that gave almost 50 student researchers the opportunity to showcase their findings.

Sleep and alcohol don’t mix

Collegiate drinking is a well-documented social phenomenon, as is the tendency for college students to sacrifice sleep for the sake of work, academics and social interaction — which may include drinking.

Med school compensation challenges stem from university prestige

Yale may sit at the top of research institution rankings, but in times of financial uncertainty, this status actually hurts its researchers’ salaries.