Meera Shoaib
Staff Reporter
meera.shoaib@yale.edu
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MEERA SHOAIB
Human Services Committee hosts homelessness hearing

Deep inside City Hall on Tuesday evening, the Board of Alders’ Human Services Committee held a public hearing concerning two new proposals sponsored by the […]

February 6, 2019

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MEERA SHOAIB
Wheeler-Reed talks sex in the Roman empire

On Thursday evening, David Wheeler-Reed discussed his book “Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire” within the artwork-covered walls of the New Haven Pride Center. Wheeler-Reed, […]

January 25, 2019

MEERA SHOAIB & FREYA SAVLA
Study uncovers DNA modification present in brain cancer

A new study by researchers from Yale and the University of California, San Diego has revealed a previously unknown DNA modification in the glioblastoma tumor. […]

November 13, 2018

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MEERA SHOAIB
AEI domestic policy director speaks on the importance of community

Roughly 25 Yale students gathered in Linsly-Chittenden Hall on Thursday evening to hear public policy entrepreneur and researcher Ryan Streeter speak on the importance of […]

November 9, 2018

NATHALIE BUSSEMAKER & MEERA SHOAIB
Dems may take state Senate

After two years of gridlock, the Democratic Party looked poised early Wednesday morning to regain control of the Senate by a four-seat margin. Democrats managed […]

November 7, 2018

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Siegel talks Disney product development

Amidst rain and darkening skies, around 50 students packed the Silliman head of college house to hear from Brian Siegel ’94, a product developer for […]

November 6, 2018

MEERA SHOAIB
Elm City Market helps register New Haven voters

This week, Elm City Market customers can walk out with both groceries and the ability to vote. The market recently launched an initiative allowing eligible […]

October 25, 2018

MEERA SHOAIB
IRIS workshop sheds light on immigration policy, advocacy

About 30 New Haven residents and volunteers gathered over coffee and refugee-made baklava at the headquarters of local nonprofit Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services on […]

October 3, 2018

LORENZO ARVANITIS & MEERA SHOAIB
Yale startup employs and empowers refugees

When Caterina Passoni ’18 first crossed paths with Nieda Abbas, an Iraqi refugee and mother of six, as her English-as-a-second-language teacher, Abbas had been unemployed […]

September 28, 2018

CAROLYN SACCO, MEERA SHOAIB & RUIYAN WANG
Ansari show draws crowd despite protest

College Street Music Hall featured Anziz Ansari's back-to-back comedy performances Tuesday night while many students boycotted the event as a result of Ansari's sexual misconduct allegations.

September 26, 2018

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Summit focuses on art, activism

“Buenos dias, mi gente. Good morning. I speak the language of two colonizers, so I welcome you with both.” So did Elizabeth Yeampierre, environmental justice […]

September 11, 2018