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Startup Yale 2024 celebrated Yale and Greater New Haven's innovations with pitch-offs, informative sessions, networking opportunities, and panels on entrepreneurship and innovation. The event featured a keynote on monetizing attention and building successful short-form content businesses, and awarded prizes to outstanding entrepreneurial ventures across various fields. Keep reading to learn more.
Graeme P. Berlyn, a world-renowned expert on the anatomy and physiology of plants and trees, died Feb. 16 in Hamden at the age of 90. Berlyn, whose breadth of research included wood anatomy, plant embryology, tissue culture, biotechnology, and the morphology and physiology of trees and forests in relation to environmental stress, taught at YSE for more than 60 years.
From March 30–31, thirty-two teams of entrepreneurs will present ideas to address a range of global challenges — and compete for more than $175,000 in prizes.
Aatma Leather, co-founded by Yale School of the Environment student Jinali Mody, will manufacture cruelty-free, plant-based leather products, such as belts, shoes, and handbags, from fruit and crop waste.
SOM student-run startups The Educator Wellness Project, Frailty Myths, Pocketful, Sweetgum Labs, and VivorCare were among the winners of the annual event recognizing entrepreneurship across Yale.