Yale Graduate Student Assembly - GSA

Everyone should know the facts about monkeypox. Learn about the symptoms, prevention, treatments, and ways you can protect yourself and our community.

Reminder, graduate students have until the 15th to register for Dental and Eye Insurance (http://gradprofdenteye.yale.edu)

Happy to have our first General Assembly meeting of the year in hybrid! We're excited for a productive year ahead (with minimized technical difficulties)

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Join the Graduate Student Assembly on November 11 for a relaxing wine and cheese night at the Fall 2021 Relax and Chill event at the McDougal Center Courtyard. Relax and Chill is a community-building, social event that will foster relationships and friendships between graduate students across different departments. Relieve the stressors of the semester with individual cheese plates, a selection of red and white wines, and great music. All food will be individually packaged and participants still must wear their masks and show physical ID indicating they are 21+ years old. We will hold two sessions. The first session will take place from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. The second session will occur from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Please sign up for one session.

Please don't forget to sign up for dental and vision care coverage! The deadline to do so is TOMORROW. Please visit https://gradprofdenteye.yale.edu to enroll now!

Grad students--only a few days left to sign up for dental and vision plans! The deadline is Sept. 15 for the 2021-22 coverage year! Please navigate to https://gradprofdenteye.yale.edu for more info or to sign up! Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate

Our friends at Yale's Title IX Office and the Title IX Student Advisory Boards invite you to the Title IX and Mental Wellness Symposium! This symposium will explore the intersection of experiences of gender-based discrimination and sexual misconduct with mental wellbeing, with a particular focus on the impact of sexual misconduct and gender discrimination on the emotional wellbeing and mental wellness of those who are members of marginalized identities, including racial or ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ persons, and/or persons identifying as having a disability. During this event, we will seek to define important terms and parameters, dive into cutting edge research, and brainstorm how Yale and individual community members can best support underserved populations who experience sexual misconduct and gender discrimination. The symposium will be held on Friday, April 30th, 2021 from 12:45-5pm. To register and learn more, visit

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Title IX and Mental Wellness Symposium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This symposium will explore the intersection of experiences of gender-based discrimination and sexual misconduct with mental wellbeing, with a particular focus on the impact of sexual misconduct and gender discrimination on the emotional wellbeing and mental wellness of those who are members of marg...

Breeanna Elliott is a history rep and our F&HS chair, studying the history of science and medicine in East Africa. She was motivated to get involved with GSA because she values conversations with passionate peers from around the university! She also has two thoroughly adorable cats!

Meet Federica Parodi, a second year and rep for Italian Studies. When not studying 20th cent poetry, sound studies and environmental humanities, or advocating on behalf of first gen students, Federica enjoys visiting art museums, being outdoors, and listening to music.

No this week; we are all busy with teaching and research! But do continue to nominate reps for the next year!

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Grad Students w/ Disabilities survey. We had 80(!) responses. We drew three winners from the participation pool: Congratulations Emily Condiff (Immunobiology) and two others who wish to remain anonymous; you know who you are! With all these responses, we’ll be able to put together a report for the graduate school and student accessibility services, and better advocate on behalf of our graduate and master’s students with disabilities.

Nicolle Rosa Mercado studies how human cells modify their transcriptional programs upon stress. As a representative for MB&B and as a Steering Committee member, she works to improve the experience of grad students coming from underrepresented backgrounds.