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Undergraduate-run research conference to be official event at McInnis’ inauguration

The YURC planning committee foresees several changes, including securing a larger budget, research topic diversity and speaker representation for the 2025 conference.

February 16, 2025

JANICE HUR & JULIA LEVY

U.S. Senate report flags $4.7 million of Yale’s NSF funding for “promoting DEI”

Sen. Ted Cruz, who spearheaded the report, called to end the “politicization” of National Science Foundation funding, as the foundation scours grants for violations of Trump’s orders.

February 16, 2025

ASUKA KODA

‘Choice for Tomorrow’: Inaugural conference lays groundwork for student-led reproductive rights network

Last week, student leaders across the country gathered at Yale for the first intercollegiate reproductive health conference.

February 16, 2025

JANICE HUR

“He wants to make us all sicker”: Trump’s NIH indirect funding cuts face lawsuits, judicial block

After states and universities sued the NIH over the new policy, a federal judge temporarily blocked the cuts in 22 states, including Connecticut.

February 11, 2025

ALESSANDRA PAPPALARDI

First-Generation, Low-income affinity group overcomes obstacles to success at the School of Medicine

At the Yale School of Medicine, first-generation, low income students prove that personal circumstances need not be a barrier to success. The News spoke to three FGLI students at the School of Medicine to reflect on an internal affinity group, educational support resources and their experiences.

January 17, 2025

KALINA BROOKFIELD

PROFILE: Leslie Rickey, Yale’s first female urology professor

With hard work, support from peers and her can-do attitude, Leslie Rickey is bringing women back into the center of urology.

January 14, 2025

MICHELLE CHEON

Dr. William K. Oh appointed medical director of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich and director of precision medicine at Yale Cancer Center

A leader in oncology, Dr. Oh’s experience and vision for advancing cancer care position him to further elevate Yale’s contributions to the field.

December 6, 2024

EMILIE MA

Yale Urology goes clean-shaven for “No Shave November” campaign on men’s health

Yale urology doctors and professors celebrate “No Shave November” by shaving their beards and mustaches to highlight the importance of men’s health issues.

November 19, 2024