Jake Robbins
Staff Reporter
jake.robbins@yale.edu
Jake Robbins is a beat reporter at the Yale Daily News. He reports on housing, homelessness and development. Jake is from Dallas, Texas, and is a sophomore in Benjamin Franklin College studying Molecular Biochemistry and English.
Author Archive
JAKE ROBBINS & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yale confronts AI with new classes, varied policies and an ethics focus

In four years of rapid technological innovation, Yale’s investments in research, ethical questions and education about AI mark steps toward a future where human values meet machine learning.

May 17, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Yale Computer Society launches platform to connect undergraduates with research labs

YCS worked with YURA to create a website that allows students to explore research opportunities at Yale

April 21, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Cranes of Yale weaves origami, birding and culture into campus sustainability project

A student-led initiative hosted origami workshops, scavenger hunts for paper cranes and conservation seminars to promote interest in birds.

April 20, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
“It was so unbelievably easy to hack”: Yale popularity ranking site manipulated by students to highlight its flaws

Students say they hacked RankYale, a popular website that allowed students to vote on their peers’ popularity.

April 16, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS & BAALA SHAKYA
“Yale’s Facemash”: Students react to site ranking Yalies’ popularity

As students voted on the 100 most popular classmates in each year, questions of visibility and social capital come to mind.

April 13, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Gulf of Mexico, Spare the Seawall

     The pilgrimage to the island becomes the same for everyone as they are funneled through the Houston traffic. Then I-45 South subdivides, permitting remaining drivers […]

April 11, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Connecticut launches new pizza-themed license plate

The new plates, which support the state’s largest food bank, launched last month.

April 10, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Yale experts respond to measles outbreak in the United States

The News spoke to Yale public health officials about the outbreak.

April 8, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Yale scientists respond to dismantling of the Environmental Protection Agency

Yale scientists respond to plans to dismantle the EPA.

April 8, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
For They Know Not What They Do

I looked up at the oak dresser my great-grandfather made before he passed away that sat in the back bedroom of Nana’s house. Three crystal […]

April 7, 2025

Maria Arozamena
JAKE ROBBINS
Eight Yale scientists elected as AAAS fellows for their research contributions

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized Yale researchers for their contributions to medicine, evolutionary biology, economics and more.

April 2, 2025