Brian Zhang
Staff Reporter
brian.zhang@yale.edu
Brian Zhang is Arts editor of the Yale Daily News. Previously, he covered student life for the University desk; homelessness for the city desk; and COVID-19 and Yale New-Haven Health for the SciTech desk. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Brian is a junior in Davenport College studying evolutionary biology and law.
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RAZEL SUANSING & BRIAN ZHANG
New Haven is facing its highest rate of gun violence in years. Here’s what the city is doing about it.

Gun violence in New Haven has surged this year.   Since the start of the year, New Haven has seen 22 homicides and 264 confirmed shots […]

October 6, 2021

BRIAN ZHANG
At the New Haven Downtown Farmers’ Market, sellers emphasize “keeping it local”

October 1, 2021

BRIAN ZHANG
YNHHS researchers find racial disparities in one mechanism of assessing organ failure

Researchers at the Yale New Haven Health System found that Black patients have higher organ failure assessment scores than white counterparts despite similar rates of […]

September 29, 2021

BRIAN ZHANG
SOM’s asset management program begins its first year

The School of Management welcomed to campus its inaugural class of students pursuing master’s degrees in asset management.  The new program’s inaugural class contains 56 […]

September 29, 2021

Picture of the front of the school of management
BRIAN ZHANG
Q House, a community center in Dixwell, readies for October reopen

Following a decade of public pressure to rebuild the Q House — a community center in the historically low-income Dixwell neighborhood — the Board of […]

September 28, 2021

Photo of the exterior of Q House
BRIAN ZHANG
ZHANG:Why I will no longer pursue my favorite pastime at Yale

I walked into the Franklin dance studio on Sept. 13, my heart throbbing with excitement as I prepared to audition for Taps at Yale. Mental […]

September 28, 2021

VERONICA LEE & BRIAN ZHANG
Select Yale community members now eligible to receive Pfizer booster shot

On Sept. 27, in a university-wide email, CEO of Yale Health Paul Genecin announced that Yale community members aged 65 and older or at increased […]

September 27, 2021

Photo of the Yale Health building
BRIAN ZHANG
Junta organization supports new services via hybrid model during pandemic

Junta for Progressive Action alters services to fit pandemic needs.

September 24, 2021

A view of Junta headquarters from the road.
BRIAN ZHANG
ZHANG: Which way to the party dorm?

In a first year’s first few weeks, the pressure to be socially successful is tenfold. Friend groups seem to be forming faster than you can […]

September 22, 2021

BRIAN ZHANG
Yale leads effort to explore multi-hazard climate risks in the Himalayas

Researchers at Yale have found that the rapid rate of urbanization in Nepal is a signal to government agencies to better inform people of the data surrounding the risks associated with climate change.

September 21, 2021

Photo looking up at Himalayan forest
BRIAN ZHANG
Yale joins as research partner in $25 million Quantum Leap Challenge Institute

The University has joined in a multi-institutional project that seeks to exploit the behavior of complex quantum systems.

September 14, 2021