Owen Tucker-Smith
Staff Reporter
owentuckersmith | owen.tucker-smith@yale.edu
Owen Tucker-Smith was managing editor of the Yale Daily News. Before that, he covered Mayor Justin Elicker's administration as a City Hall reporter.
Author Archive
OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Why Having Watched All 16 Seasons of “Grey’s Anatomy” Makes Me More of a Doctor Than Yale Pre-Meds

Last week, I was nestled in the depths of Bass Library doing “work,” by which I mean eating Peanut M&M’s and figuring out which readings […]

October 15, 2020

LARISSA JIMENEZ, ÁNGELA PÉREZ & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
New Haven groups host Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrations

This week, several New Haven groups — including Unidad Latina en Acción — hosted celebrations and protests in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Indigenous Peoples’ […]

October 13, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH & RAZEL SUANSING
What happened to State Street: Behind New Haven’s Polish exodus

On the corner of State Street and Pearl Street stands a stout white-and-red-painted deli. Amid a block of restaurants, Polmag Deli’s brick facade blends into […]

October 13, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH & JORDAN FITZGERALD
Mourning Our Losses and Yale Undergraduate Prison Project host vigil mourning detention center deaths

The crowd-sourced memorial Mourning Our Losses partnered with the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, a social justice organization that seeks to challenge the inequity of the […]

October 12, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
YPD officer releases civilian complaint to the Register

Last week, a Yale police officer faced backlash from students and New Haven residents after declining to release the details of a civilian complaint filed […]

October 12, 2020

ZAPORAH PRICE, EMILY TIAN & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
First years and New Haven community members march in support of BLM

More than a hundred students and community members gathered on Cross Campus on Sunday afternoon to take part in a rally and march in support […]

October 12, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Good Life Center offers virtual programming

While the pandemic has closed off physical access to Yale’s Good Life Center, the center’s team is continuing to provide virtual programming for students. The […]

October 8, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH & ALVARO PERPULY
City urges students and residents to fill out 2020 census

Yale and New Haven officials are encouraging students to fill out the 2020 census as the Oct. 5 deadline fast approaches.  According to the city’s […]

September 29, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Mentorship initiative launches to bridge gap between college, graduate school

The Yale Undergraduate Research Association and Graduate Student Assembly have launched a new Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Initiative meant to curate relationships between Yale College students and […]

September 29, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Kiyama Movement aims to increase Black voter turnout

On Saturday afternoon, the Kiyama Movement and New Haven City Clerk’s Office held a voter drive commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act […]

September 27, 2020

OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Yale Shuttle up and running with safety precautions

Yale’s free shuttle service is up and running this semester, with social distancing restrictions put in place to avoid transit-driven spread of the coronavirus. Students, […]

September 25, 2020