Category Archives: SciTech

UP CLOSE | A class of its own: How medical students balance mental health and career aspirations

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] Julia Schaffer MED ’25 said she grapples with how much of her life should revolve around her identity as a physician.  While on rotations with medical residents at the hospital who work 80 hours a week, Schaffer described how it can “seem like that’s their whole life and their whole person.” […]

UP CLOSE | The future of health care: How the pandemic ushered a new era of innovation at YNHHS

Though the Yale New Haven Health System was hit hard by the pandemic, it moved towards a more digital future as it adapted to fight the coronavirus. According to health system officials, many of the changes instituted will last for long after the pandemic has passed.

‘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.” […]

UP CLOSE: Ahead of STEM report, Yale takes stock

[raw num=”1″ align=”stretch”] [bylines] In 1982, when Yale chemistry and molecular biophysics and biochemistry professor Gary Brudvig arrived at the University, the development of the sciences at Yale — particularly with respect to facilities on Science Hill — had been stagnant for two decades. Since the 1960s, when Kline Chemistry Lab, Kline Geology Lab and […]