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headshots of the fellows
June 18, 2025
The first-ever cohort to receive the Stella M. Hammond Planetary Solutions Fellowship will have twelve students selected from an exceptionally competitive pool of applicants...
Aerial view of ice melt
June 16, 2025
Call for Expert Nominations for the Upcoming IPCC Workshops on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems and Methods of Assessment Established in March 2025, the US Academic...
YPS Grant Program
May 20, 2025
This year’s proposals offered research-driven solutions to global challenges through an impressive variety of technologies, partnerships, and practices. From ancient...
EMBO Meeting Participants Gather for a Group Photo (Credit: EMBO Media Team)
May 15, 2025
Contributed by Guillermina Kubaczka, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate in the Neugebauer Lab Climate change is not just a planetary-scale issue, but also a cellular-scale one. In a...
Sci X Sci-Fi Panelists in discussion at the New Haven Free Public Library
April 25, 2025
“When in doubt,” Annalee began, “don’t kill anyone.” The inaugural “Sci X Sci-Fi” series, organized by Yale Planetary Solutions, kicked off with a reading by science fiction...
Students from the Moving the Needle program were able to attend a meeting with sustainable fashion legend Stella McCartney
March 10, 2025
In partnership with Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, YPS launched Impact! to provide support for small, dynamic teams of students, faculty, and...
The United Nations building with flags from many nations out front
February 25, 2025
Building on conversations at previous Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings, an initiative has been launched to create a roadmap that will guide the scale-up of climate...