Author Archives: marekramilo

UP CLOSE | ‘Building the plane while we fly it’: Making student policy in a time of pandemic

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Almost every aspect of students’ lives this year have been disrupted, made uncertain and radically changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And Yale — an institution more than three centuries old that has weathered the test of time — was not immune to those changes. Over the past year, […]

UP CLOSE | ‘Why bother?’: A look at University resources for addressing discrimination and harassment

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Yale School of Nursing student Leonne Tanis NUR ’21 told the News that she went to the Office of Institutional Equity and Access looking for “concrete actions” after an incident with a now former YSN professor. Instead, Tanis said it was “an absolute waste of my time.” From late January 2019 […]

UP CLOSE | Teachers in a pandemic: Adapting and innovating in an unorthodox school year

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Last March, High School in the Community math and statistics teacher Dorothy Cohen was trying to think about pie: finding sponsors to donate pies and looking for fun facts about pi. She was planning for her school’s upcoming Pi Day festivities, during which the class would get together to eat pie […]

UP CLOSE | Socially distant science: How the School of Medicine adapted to research during a pandemic

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] On March 18, 2020, as the pandemic rapidly worsened, University Provost Scott Strobel announced that all non-essential medical research would be suspended and should be conducted remotely. Principal investigators, Yale School of Medicine administrators and students had to adapt to the unprecedented challenge of conducting research from home, or being present […]

UP CLOSE | How a reshaped music major is influencing accessibility, depth and perspective

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Music is one of humans’ greatest tools of communication and methods of interaction. But the classical music taught and performed at established programs including the Yale Department of Music has long maintained a Western European focus — failing to capitalize on the cultural connections that can be mediated through studying music […]

Vaccine Hesitancy Isn’t the Whole Story

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] On Feb. 5, I listened in as members of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ bantered about the impending snowstorm. From the comfort of their homes, they asked about each other’s days, shared how their family members were doing and complained about laying salt and shoveling snow. I was […]

‘Even when it’s successful, the process takes its toll’: How tenure works — and doesn’t — at Yale

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] When Marci Shore, associate professor of history, told her son’s elementary school teacher that she had received tenure at Yale, the teacher was shocked — she had not known that Shore was even being evaluated for tenure.  Initially confused as to why her son’s school would care about her tenure, Shore […]

‘It’s terrifying’: Students say racism runs rampant at School of Nursing

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Even though Tayisha Saint Vil NUR ’23 has been at Yale School of Nursing for less than a semester, she already feels unsafe as a Black student at the school.  “It’s terrifying,” Saint Vil told the News. “This feels like a really hostile environment for Black and brown students to learn.” […]

First years believe Yale can handle COVID-19, according to survey

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] In an anonymous survey sent out to the class of 2024, first-year students largely showed confidence in the University’s COVID-19 protocols despite the ongoing pandemic and no unified directives to combat it at the federal level. The survey was sent to 1,207 students in the class of 2024 on Aug. 31. […]