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grace.ellis@yale.edu
Author Archive
JONAS LOESEL, GRACE ELLIS, JOANNE LEE & CAMILA PEREZ
Footnotes E4: When King Came to Yale: Integration Politics on an Apathetic Campus

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Woolsey Hall in 1959. At a time when Yale was highly segregated, King challenged students to resist complacency and […]

January 20, 2025

HANNAH MARK, GRACE ELLIS & SURAJ SINGAREDDY
Footnotes E3: The Hill and the Highway — Urban Renewal in 1960s New Haven

In 1969, Yale planned to demolish the Hill neighborhood to build a parking lot. Residents stepped in and protested the proposal. This Footnotes episode examines […]

April 24, 2024

HANNAH MARK & GRACE ELLIS
Footnotes E2: Mythmaking and the Father of Radio

In this episode of Footnotes, we explore the controversial career and personal life of Yale graduate Lee de Forest, who is best known for inventing […]

January 21, 2024

RISHIKA VEERMACHANENI, ZAWADI KIGAMWA & GRACE ELLIS
Footnotes E1: Affirmative Action at Yale — In History and In 2023

Footnotes is a new history podcast from the Yale Daily News Podcast Desk. In this episode, Rishika Veeramachaneni ’25 and Zawadi Kigamwa ’25 cover the […]

November 15, 2023

SADIE BOGRAD, SASHAJONES, GRACE ELLIS, COLLYN ROBINSON & MIA OSUNA
Full Disclosure: Expectations vs. Reality

Seven students discuss how their experiences at Yale have been different from what they’d predicted. Learn more about impostor syndrome, choosing classes, and which residential […]

April 4, 2022