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Q&A: LEAP Student Grant Winner Diego Ellis Soto on Turning Animal Data into Music
Diego Ellis Soto, a Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been using a LEAP student grant to create music by transforming animal motion, behavior, and sounds into music.

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Emma Findlen LeBlanc ’24
Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) student fellow Emma Findlen LeBlanc ’24 discusses how her anthropological research in Canada affects her approach to animal law.

Q&A: Momoko Ishii on the Science of Designing Animal-Free Fabrics
Momoko Ishii PhD ’25, a Law, Ethics & Animals Program student fellow, discusses her work investigating ways to develop plant-based alternatives to animal textiles using agricultural waste.

Q&A: Bayla and Andis Arietta Raise Awareness of Bird Fatalities Through Art
A Q&A with LEAP Student Grant winners Bayla and Andis Arietta about Fractured Aviary, an upcoming exhibit exploring bird window strike fatalities.

EMBA Class of 2022 Selects Winners of Annual Teaching Awards 1
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar is among the winners of the Yale School of Management’s MBA for Executives Teaching Awards, selected in a vote by the EMBA Class of 2022.

LEAP Announces 10 Student Grant Program Recipients for 2022
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) announced recipients of the LEAP Student Grant Program in support of multidisciplinary projects in law, policy, art, science, historiography, investigative journalism, and more.

Yale Launches New Bird-Friendly Building Initiative
A new initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of bird-friendly design on Yale’s campus and beyond.

Q&A: Saylor Soinski ’23 on Cultured Meat, Boundary Animals, and Legal Animal Advocacy
A Q&A with Saylor Soinski ’23, the 2021–22 co-president of the Yale Animal Law Society, about her research.

An Excerpt from LEAP Student Fellow Ted Hamilton’s Book “Beyond Fossil Law”
An excerpt from a new book by Yale Ph.D. student Ted Hamilton which chronicles the work of the Valve Turners, an American climate activist group that shuttered a tar sands oil pipeline in 2016.

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Caroline Parker on Biogas Capture on Factory Farms
Caroline Parker ’23 discusses her work on a report on biogas capture on factory farms.