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From lab anxiety to scientific confidence(Link is external)

February 19, 2025

Aurora Miranda, a second-year PhD student from the Davis Lab, shares her journey to graduate school in Yale’s student-run journal Yale Symposia.
Nitrogen Fixers Alec Hegg and Ryan Donnelly demo classroom experiment to Connecticut teachers

November 26, 2024

Grad students presented a lab experiment at a conference for teachers. The lesson plan is available at their site for all to replicate in classrooms.
Grayson Hoy and Alexa Williams named Prize Teaching Fellows

November 20, 2024

Graduate students Grayson Hoy and Alexa Williams were awarded 2023-24 Prize Teaching Fellowships, considered a significant Yale honor.