Omar Ali
Staff Reporter
omar.ali@yale.edu
Omar Ali covers science, technology and academics for the News. Originally from Gujranwala, Pakistan, he is a first year in Berkeley College majoring in Economics with Mathematics.
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OMAR ALI
A look into Yale’s Bird-Friendly Building Initiative

The Bird-Friendly Yale Initiative, started by Yale community members, is the first in its history to assess the issue of bird collisions on Yale’s campus.

March 9, 2023

OMAR ALI
Cannabis sales are now legal in Connecticut. How does the drug work?

In light of Connecticut’s recent legalization of recreational adult-use cannabis, an explainer to the science behind the drug.

February 12, 2023

OMAR ALI
School of Environment experts weigh in on fear and bias in ecological research

Researchers at the Yale School of Environment advocate for a greater inquiry into negative human experiences in environmental scholarship.

January 22, 2023

OMAR ALI & BRIAN ZHANG
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? Yale experts weigh in

Affiliates at the Yale School of Public Health and political science department discuss whether the COVID-19 pandemic is truly over.

November 29, 2022

OMAR ALI
Fei-Fei Li delivers 2022 Tanner Lecture on AI and its impacts on humanity

The Stanford computer scientist addressed Yalies in a gripping conversation on human perspective and artificial intelligence.

October 28, 2022