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Diego Ellis Soto and Kristy M. Ferraro Win the Sidnie Manton Award
LEAP Student Fellows and Ph.D. candidates Kristy Ferraro and Diego Ellis Soto won the Sidnie Manton Award for the best review or long-term study in the Journal of Animal Ecology by an early career researcher.
Q&A: LEAP Program Fellow Noah Macey on the Wonders, Lessons, and Ethics of Beekeeping
Noah Macey, the outgoing Program Fellow of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program Program, discusses what bees can teach us about animals and what he has learned from beekeeping.
LEAP Welcomes New Postgraduate Fellow Laurie Sellars
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is delighted to welcome a new postgraduate fellow to the LEAP team, Laurie Sellars. In this role, Sellars will work closely with LEAP’s faculty and staff to support and grow the program’s research and educational initiatives. “We really won the lottery by recruiting Laurie,” said faculty co-director Doug Kysar, the Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School. “Not only will she help broaden the range of expertise represented in LEAP, but she’ll also enrich our community with her infectious enthusiasm for the study and...
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
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.