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On Tuesday, Sept. 16, at noon, Novello will discuss her book, 'Duty Calls: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service.' The lecture, in celebration of Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month, kicks off a new year in the Perspectives for Inclusion series.

On June 11, 2025, 38 Yale School of Medicine (YSM) colleagues were celebrated at the inaugural Staff ARC Award ceremony.

Each of the Yale School of Medicine advisory houses has at least one community affiliate, to enhance ties between the houses and the New Haven community. Among other activities, students are working with the community affiliates to establish ongoing volunteer opportunities with the organizations the affiliates represent. Two advisory houses—Palade and Slayman—have weekly opportunities in place that are open to anyone interested in participating.

Congratulations to the students who graduated from Simulation Academy at Yale— an after-school program with hands-on health care simulation and STEM learning! Within the last year, the students explored careers in health care. They were guided in mentorship by Yale undergraduates, medical students, fellows, and faculty. Through weekly sessions at the Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation, they gained real-world experience and confidence, to envision their futures.

The Yale School of Medicine MD Class of 2025 co-presidents organized an experiential visit for 19 New Haven middle school girls involved in a STEM program. The co-presidents planned the visit based on a challenge from their Commencement speaker, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD (also known as Dr. Q), to find a way to impact the world. Dr. Q engaged in Q&A with the middle school students by video, as part of the visit.

Yale School of Medicine representatives attended two health profession fairs, one in February, 2025 and one in March, 2025.

The Yale School of Medicine celebrates the 10th anniversary of “Making the Invisible Visible,” a program that uses Yale’s art collections as part of medical training.

The 31st annual Hunger & Homelessness Auction, held at Yale School of Medicine on January 9, 2025, raised funds for three local nonprofits.

The November 2024 publication of “Making the Invisible Visible: Using Art to Explore the Facade of Objectivity in Medicine” aptly coincides with the ten-year anniversary of Yale School of Medicine’s arts-based museum education program: Making the Invisible Visible.