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

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

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

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

October 1, 2014 As of July 1, 2014, the Center for Scientific Teaching (CST) joined with other teaching support units on campus to form a consolidated Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). CST’s Jennifer Frederick was appointed the Executive Director of the new Yale CTL. Congratulations, Jenny! More info

Past Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Jon Holt is now a Microbiology Instructor for Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. Congratulations, Jon!

August 16, 2014 Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Jenny Kao-Kniffin welcomes a baby girl. Weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz, Mary Susquehanna was born on August 16. Congratulations, Jenny! August 2014 Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Jesse Morin is beginning a position as the Biotechnology Department Head at Norwich Technical High School in

Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Ashley Shade is lead author on a paper (co-authored by Prof. Handelsman) titled “Conditionally rare taxa disproportionately contribute to temporal changes in microbial diversity”. The paper was published in mBio and can be found here.

Ashley Shade departed Handelsman Lab to become an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University. Congratulations Ashley, and best wishes to you and your family! Prof. Shade’s new lab website can be found here.