Natalie Kainz
Staff Reporter
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Natalie Kainz is a former Multimedia Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. She graduated in 2023 with a major in Political Science. She is originally from Hong Kong. During her time with the News, she was also the editor of YTV — the video desk of the Yale Daily News — and covered Yale and New Haven relations as a staff reporter.
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NATALIE KAINZ & ISAAC YU
Labor activists call on Yale to ‘respect’ New Haven in Prospect St. mural

Starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, painters also added two stripes to Prospect Street’s bike lane. One is a 670-foot blue line reaching from Grove Street to Trumbull Street, representing Yale’s more than $30 billion endowment.

May 4, 2021

THE YALE DAILY NEWS & NATALIE KAINZ
Community spirit helps local Asian stores survive pandemic

Asian grocery stores in the Elm City are thriving despite facing ingredient shortages, supply chain issues and a reduced number of customers during the pandemic. […]

May 3, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ
Community spirit helps local Asian stores survive pandemic

The owners of three Asian grocery stores in New Haven reflected on their interactions with community members during the pandemic.

May 2, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ
Three community impact projects awarded $10.5k in funding for benefitting New Haven

On Thursday afternoon, four ventures competed for $10,000 in funding through the New Haven Civic Innovation Prize.

May 2, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & ISAAC YU
AACC to celebrate 40th anniversary with teach-in, alumni panel and digital history showcase

Four decades ago, roughly 100 Asian American students — at that point about a third of the total Asian American population enrolled in Yale College — met with then-Yale president Bart Giamatti to fight for a space of their own on campus, beyond a few rooms in the basement of Bingham Hall.

May 2, 2021

Students gather at the AACC after its opening.
THE YALE DAILY NEWS & NATALIE KAINZ
New Haven students protest police violence

Fourth through sixth grade students at Elm City Montessori School took to the streets in the Westville neighborhood to protest against police violence on Thursday […]

April 26, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ
‘Is one of us next?’: Local Montessori school holds march against police violence

Students at Elm City Montessori School read speeches, sang songs and marched against police violence in the Westville neighborhood on April 22.

April 25, 2021

TALAT AMAN, LUKAS FLIPPO, NATALIE KAINZ & RAZEL SUANSING
IN PHOTOS: Protesters call for police abolition

April 22, 2021

THE YALE DAILY NEWS, NATALIE KAINZ & RAZEL SUANSING
New Haveners protest police violence outside Yale Police Department

On April 18, New Haven residents marched from City Hall to the Yale Police Department headquarters in response to recent incidents of police violence involving […]

April 20, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ
Dwight residents organize bike giveaway to save Kensington Park

On Saturday morning, a park in the Dwight neighborhood was abuzz with energy. Children raced along the sidewalk on new bikes and munched on snacks […]

April 18, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ, ALVARO PERPULY & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Per CDC, state guidelines, New Haven pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine administration

Following a recommendation from The Connecticut Department of Public Health, or DPH, New Haven announced on Tuesday morning that it will pause its administration of […]

April 14, 2021

An up close of a basket of COVID-19 vaccines