Posts Tagged: Yale University

The Ivy Halls of Racism

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Larissa Pham writes about racism and Yale for Guernica: This tension is not new. It is a product of the systemic racism built into the institution, as ubiquitous as the architecture that characterizes the place in our shared consciousness. “Everyone who enters Yale is reminded that they’re in an environment that is a product of […]

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Remembering Marina Keegan

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A little over a year ago, Marina Keegan gained her undergraduate degree from Yale University. Five days later, she died in a car accident. Keegan was carving out a path for herself as a writer and an activist, with her work appearing in the New York Times and the New Yorker. One of the last […]

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Thank That Fungi!

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Some undergrads from Yale recently found a fungi that eats plastic while on an expedition in the Amazon designed to introduce students to discovery-based research. This super fungi can survive on polyurethane alone and even in oxygen-free environments, making it a viable solution to our growing waste problem. No word yet on its worth as […]

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