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1 month ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Animal-human interactions are on the rise in wild-urban zones. Yale scientists are concerned about the implications of disease.
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2 months ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Yale News Being an environmentalist in 2025 can be bleak. With 2024 as the warmest year on record, engaging in climate sciences has, in some ways, become a solemn responsibility. Yet few in the field are nearly as optimistic as Indy Burke, the dean of the School of the Environment. “Here at the YSE, we don’t just contribute by minding our business at home — we contribute by taking it out into the world,” she told the News.
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2 months ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Michelle So, Contributing Photographer Let’s paint a picture of the Los Angeles wildfires. Climate change-induced extreme and dryness settles into southern and central California and Nevada. By April 2024, climatologists begin taking note of the below-average precipitation. In the U.S. Drought Monitor’s September 2024 report, parts of the region receive a moderate, D1 drought designation. A grueling summer passes by. The urban valley breaks records with all-around temperatures of above 100 °F.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
yale-herald.com | Michelle P. So
I was four when I ate my first leaf. Beneath the sprawling avocado tree of my childhood backyard, I sat on an upturned bucket, making confetti from littered leaves. Upon finding a fresh green one, I paused my destruction and wadded it up until it became the size of a Lego brick. Each crease was a darker shade, emitting a faint salad-like aroma. Curiosity got the better of me, and I chewed. I’ve eaten many (unconventional) leaves since then.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have the highest mortality rate of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Diabetes, alcohol-related deaths and chronic liver and kidney disease are notably high for adults of non-Hispanic Native American descent. While genetics and socioeconomic status significantly influence health outcomes, revitalizing Indigenous languages may offer preventative health benefits, according to researchers.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Michelle So, Contributing Photographer Winners of the Veritas Search, a campus-wide scavenger hunt, were treated to dinner and draft-style prize selection on Nov. 15. Taking place in the Davenport Common Room, the winners enjoyed live music by Mariachi de Yale and catering by Michelina’s and Cookie39. In a highly anticipated draft-style selection, the capsule finders picked their prizes in the order that they had found them.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Rustle. Rustle. Flash of red. I shuddered walking down Hillhouse Ave, recalling that battlefield, that slaughterhouse. My fingers balled up deep within my pockets. There was no undoing what I had just done. The splayed legs, the awkwardly craned neck parts. I could imagine the crimson path I left as I walked—bloodied stains on the soles of my sneakers stamping the pavement with each step I took. It was just a lanternfly, I repeated like a mantra. I’m supposed to squish them.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Michelle P. So
Michelle So, Contributing Photographer The world is nearing 1.5°C of global mean heating above pre-industrial levels, pointing to the pitfalls of climate undertakings. Founded the same year as the 2015 Paris Agreement, the Lancet Countdown features 122 climate and health experts’ takes on our changing climate and its health effects.
