Hannah Mark
Staff Reporter
Hannah Mark covers science and society and occasionally writes for the WKND. Originally from Montana, she is a junior majoring in History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health.
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Two Yale centers partner to launch clean and equitable energy development certificate program 

The certificate program, housed at Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Yale Center for Environmental Justice, aims to train working professionals to develop clean, equitable energy infrastructure in their communities.

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 […]

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 […]

AI and the classroom

The News spoke with members of the University’s English and Computer Science departments, along with faculty associated with Poorvu and the Executive Committee, to recap the University’s evolving response to the rise of artificial intelligence.

Bulldogs and Puppy Love

In college, dating is the extra credit assignment no one signed up for — but everyone secretly hopes to ace. With the geographical closeness of […]

Jessai Flores
Yale faculty member’s online therapy program seeks to break down barriers to PTSD care 

Created by psychiatry residency graduate Sofia Noori, Nema Health aims to make “gold-standard” care for post-traumatic stress disorder more accessible for survivors of trauma.

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 […]

Yale team awarded $5 million from Department of Energy to combat climate change

Researchers from the Yale School of the Environment will examine the impact of natural carbon-capture methods to reduce global warming

‘A different spirit’ of research: Yale clinic seeks to unravel the mystery of long Covid

At the Yale Multidisciplinary Long Covid Clinic, researchers and clinicians are racing to help patients and uncover the biology behind post-acute syndromes.

Yale joins new Zuckerberg-funded biomedical research collaboration 

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in New York plans to connect researchers to work on engineering immune cells to fight disease.

Black, Hispanic and low-income patients deprioritized in YNHH emergency room lines, study finds

An analysis of thousands of patients at the Yale New Haven Hospital emergency department found that Black, Hispanic and low-income patients are among those more likely to be skipped over in emergency room triage lines — a pattern that experts say is a systemic issue.