Nichole Broderick departed Handelsman Lab to become an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut. Congratulations and best wishes, Nichole! The entire lab thanks you for the leadership and support you provided in Jo’s absence over the past two years. Eva Pietri departed the Center for Teaching and Learning to

Simon Hernandez departed the Handelsman Lab and the Center for Teaching and Learning to enroll in medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Congratulations and best wishes, Simon! The Institute for Life Sciences Collaboration (ILSC) assumes management of the Small World Initiative as of July 1st, 2015. More information here. Prof. Handelsman can be seen giving

Prof. Handelsman is now on Twitter @Jo44. The Obama White House convened its first summit to fight antibiotic resistance on June 2, 2015. For detailed coverage, please see the National Geographic article here.

Past Handelsman Lab Visiting Professor Jeyaprakash Rajendhran and his wife Jayashree recently welcomed a baby girl named Chaindavi. Congratulations, J. and Jaya! Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Fabienne Wichmann and her partner Philipp welcome a baby boy. Weighing in at 6 lbs 12 oz and 19 1/4 inches long, Fionn Benjamin was born at 7:56 AM

Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Juan Bravo received a Sherwood E. Silliman Fellowship for his project “Growth Inhibition of Flavobacterium johnsoniae by Pseudomonas fluorescens via an Unknown Contact Dependent Mechanism.” Congratulations, Juan! Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Grace Liu was accepted into the DAAD-RISE program and received an Alan S. Tetelman 1958 Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences in support of her

Small World Initiative Communications Manager Simon Hernandez wrote an article about the Small World Initiative, the work of Jo Handelsman, and Giovanna Guerrero-Medina’s CienciaPR program. The article can be read in English here and in Spanish here. Prof. Handelsman wrote about soil on the White House OSTP blog here.

Center for Teaching and Learning Associate Research Scientist and Executive Director of Ciencia Puerto Rico, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, made news with the newly formed Yale Ciencia Initiative that will expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise. More information can be found in

Prof. Jo Handelsman has been appearing in the news for the White House’s Precision Medicine initiative. She wrote about the new initiative on the White House blog here. Prof. Jo Handelsman spoke to a group of students at the State of STEM event on January 21. Prof. Jo Handelsman narrated several biographies as part of the White House’s The

Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Caleb Fischer was married to Kristina Niehoff on November 8, 2014. The wedding took place in Louisville, KY. Congratulations, Caleb and Kristina! Center for Teaching and Learning Postdoc Oriana Aragon’s research was featured by the Atlantic, Washington Post, Good Morning America, among many others. Previous work of hers was also picked

November 3, 2014 Jo Handelsman was profiled in Huffington Post’s “Thank a Teacher Thursday” series here.