Jordan Fitzgerald
Staff Reporter
@jordtwitzgerald | jordan.fitzgerald@yale.edu
Jordan Fitzgerald is a staff reporter covering gender equity and diversity. She is a sophomore in Trumbull College majoring in American history.
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JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale physics department admits first-ever majority-female Ph.D class

This fall, Yale’s first-ever physics P.h.D class composed of a majority of women will begin their doctoral studies at the University.

May 6, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
{W}holy Queer meeting group marks the intersection of faith and sexuality

{W}holy Queer are meetings where undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Yale gather to discuss the intersection between their queer and religious identities.

May 4, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Events director candidate Diba Ghaed ’24

Ghaed is currently the YCC’s deputy director of the events committee and running for events director unopposed.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Ghaed in a blue top.
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23

Galal currently serves as a YCC senator and health and COVID-19 policy chair, and is running for president alongside vice presidential candidate Zoe Hsu ’24.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Galal wearing a white double-breasted suit jacket
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: VP candidate Zoe Hsu ’24

Hsu, who is currently a YCC senator, equity chair and Asian Affinity Network co-founder and co-leader, is running alongside YCC presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Hsu in a red shirt.
JORDAN FITZGERALD
Virtual Women’s Mental Health Conference spotlights women’s health

In 2018, two Yale psychiatry residents founded a conference dedicated to women’s mental health in the wake of the #MeToo movement and Supreme Court Justice […]

April 15, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale Office of LGBTQ Resources reopens in person on weekends for month of April

During the fall of 2019, Yale’s Office of LGBTQ Resources — which supports and advocates for issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity for University […]

April 7, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Mourning Our Losses honors over 2,800 lives lost behind bars during the pandemic

On Saturday afternoon, Mourning Our Losses, a national organization dedicated to honoring individuals who have died in prisons, held their second virtual vigil of the […]

March 28, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Community and commercialization: amplifyHERscience brings female research out of the lab

Michelle McQueen, a communications officer for Yale’s Office of Cooperative Research, began working at the University in December 2019. That week, the office held its […]

March 21, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
More undergraduate COVID-19 cases reported in past week than any other week this semester; B.1.1.7 variant identified in Yale community

Though Gov. Ned Lamont’s new vaccine policy means students may be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting in early April, a recent spike in COVID-19 cases […]

March 18, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
WGSS department holds colloquium to showcase graduate student work

The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program held a colloquium on Monday night in which two graduate students displayed their research regarding women’s studies. Both […]

March 16, 2021