Health and Wellness

Qualified New Haven public high school juniors and seniors, who have been selected by their schools, can enroll in Yale academic courses tuition-free. This program provides an opportunity for high school students to experience a collegiate academic setting and earn credits that may then be transferred to the college of their choice following high school graduation.

Yale’s Program in Physics, Engineering & Biology and the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences offers summer research laboratory opportunities for local New Haven high school students. The students learn to use numerical simulations to model geological flows and have significant exposure to scientific programming, the Unix environment, and running large-scale simulations on high performance computation clusters. Apprentices gain insight into STEM careers and undergraduate and graduate fellowships.

For students in grades 8-12, Yale's annual Brain Bee is a free neuroscience competition that tests students' understanding how the brain functions. Competing students can flex their brain knowledge to win prizes as groups or as individuals. After the competition, students interact with Yale neuroscience majors and hear neuroscience talks from Yale faculty.

Camp Kesem at Yale was founded in 2013 to support children and youth in Connecticut whose families have been affected by a cancer diagnosis. Kesem's mission is to support children through and beyond a parent's cancer. Run by about 45 student volunteers, Camp Kesem works to provide year-round support and a week-long free summer camp to over 100 children ages 6-18. Camp Kesem at Yale also provides support throughout the year with constant communication, care packages, reunion days, and other support networks.

The Cedarhurst School is a highly supportive and structured therapeutic educational setting for students in middle school and high school. The Yale Group consists of undergraduate students who conduct weekly, one-hour sessions with students in the Passage Program and lead fun, informal social activities such as icebreakers, outdoor games, and interactive team games.

Citizens Thinkers Writers offers rising juniors and seniors from New Haven public schools a tuition-free opportunity to explore fundamental moral and political questions in a college setting. Students live together in Yale housing for two weeks during the summer and continue to meet as CTW Fellows throughout the following academic year. In small discussion seminars led by professors, they gain experience in close reading, analytic writing and college-level discussion, along with support as they apply to college.

Dwight Hall at Yale, in partnership with Cooperative Arts & Humanitites High School, provides a free, innovative after-school program for more than 350 high school students in a supportive, nurturing, and safe environment. Co-Op After School leaders work closely with administrators, counselors, and school-day instructors to provide a wide range of offerings that meet the needs of New Haven high school students.

TeachTech is Code Haven’s one-day conference for middle and high school teachers interested in incorporating computer science into their classrooms. Teachers learn about computer science fundamentals, how to demonstrate these concepts to students in an engaging way, and basic software that they can implement in their classrooms to make computer science more appealing to students.

Yale’s partnership with Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School aims to enrich the artistic and educational experiences for Co-Op High School students and faculty by developing meaningful collaborations between the Yale and Co-Op communities. The partnership is supported by various stakeholders including the Beinecke Library, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, and Dwight Hall at Yale.

The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) is a community-engagement program out of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University (DGSD) and the Yale Repertory Theatre that serves middle school–aged students from Barnard Environmental Science & Technology School. Students in grades five and six are paired with mentors (DGSD students from all disciplines) to write their own plays, resulting in fully produced plays performed by DGSD students and the New Haven community.

The Yale Dramatic Association, also known as the Yale Dramat, is the oldest continuously producing undergraduate college theater company in the country. At Dining with the Dramat, New Haven high school students join members of the Dramat for an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse into theater production. Students engage in conversations with actors, technicians, and directors as they discuss their current musical productions. Students receive free tickets to each performance and participate in a post-performance actor talk-back.

The Yale Dramatic Association’s High School Acting Workshop is an immersive program that will gives students a look into the world of acting, no matter their level of experience. From improvisation to character building, they learn the fundamentals of acting. The series takes place each fall and spring.

Students in the Public School Internship Program serve in a critical role as liaisons between a New Haven public school and the Yale community by strengthening current volunteer efforts and finding new ways to match resources at Yale with the needs of each school. Interns provide resources such as tutoring, assisting teachers in classrooms, and special programming to enrich current classroom lessons. In this two-year role, interns are placed at New Haven K-8 and high schools and work closely with school leaders to determine how best to serve the needs of each particular school community. The program is sponsored by Yale's Office of New Haven Affairs.

Established in April 2019, Environmental Education Collaborative (EECO) is Yale’s first student organization dedicated solely to inspiring a generation of environmentally-conscious K-12 students in New Haven. Through place-based environmental curricula, EECO builds strong relationships with local students, schools, coalitions, and community organizations. Volunteers teach weekly lessons, lead interactive activities, and collaborate with community leaders to develop sustained environmental education projects that reinforce student learning beyond the classroom.

First at Yale raise awareness of FIRST® Robotics and offers mentoring to local high school robotics teams in New Haven, to robotics teams globally through video calls, and volunteers at tournaments throughout New England, New York, and beyond.

The Flipped Science Fair, hosted by Open Labs at Yale, flips the traditional science fair format on its head: middle school student judges evaluate graduate students and post docs presenting their current research. Middle school students learn about cutting-edge research from real Yale scientists in a small group setting, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and participate in hands-on demonstrations. The presenters learn how to tailor their research pitch to a general audience, with emphasis on keeping talks exciting, understandable, and relevant.

Yale Funbotics is a seven-session workshop where Pathways middle school students build robots in teams with guidance from Yale College students. The series is designed to teach core engineering skills, team building, critical thinking, and problem solving while having FUN! At the end of the program, students and their newly built robotic creations face off in a cone-stacking competition.

Girls on the Run is an after-school program designed to strengthen 3rd-8th grade girls' social, emotional, physical, and behavioral skills with an experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. The program aims to teach its participants critical life skills so that they are better prepared to successfully navigate life experiences and boldly pursue their dreams while also establishing a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. At the end of each season, the team plans and executes a community service project and participates in a local 5K race.

GradSWE at Yale is part of the Society of Women Engineers, an international organization committed to promoting women in engineering. Together with Pathways to Science, GradSWE runs numerous engineering-focused days for middle and high school students throughout the year. In the past, students have programmed wearable light-up devices and built air-quality monitors.

Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) is a pipeline program through the Student National Medical Association and Latino Medical Student Association at Yale. HPREP aims to expose students to all aspects of the health professions, including medicine, nursing, and public health. It also provides students with the skills and resources to succeed in the college-application process by providing instructional classroom sessions, workshops, and one-on-one meetings.

Hemispheres, a program of the Yale International Relations Association, brings over 60 students in grades 9–12 from New Haven public schools to Yale’s campus every week to explore topics in international affairs and develop their analytical, creative, and critical thinking skills. In addition to weekly sessions and mentorship, Hemispheres offers two field-trip opportunities for students, first to visit the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, where students meet with U.N. officials and learn about diplomacy from experienced professionals, and later to visit Washington, D.C., for a weekend of educational and cultural activities including visits to the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Supreme Court, and international embassies.

Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) is a research collaborative dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of material culture. IPCH has offered tours of their conservation space and hands-on demonstrations at on-campus science events through Yale Pathways to Science, including Chemistry on Canvas, a summer laboratory workshop for Pathways high school students.

The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium is a facility of the Yale Department of Astronomy. The planetarium is used to teach astronomy concepts to undergraduate classes, to support astronomy programs at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and to present planetarium shows to the general public. The planetarium and observatory host New Haven Public School field trips and are open to the public every Tuesday night.

The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project is a collaborative teaching program that sends law students into local public high schools to teach constitutional law. Participants in this student-run organization also have the opportunity to coach their students in a national moot-court competition, the first round of which is run by the Yale chapter in New Haven.

Matriculate is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower low-income, high-achieving high school students to make the leap to our nation's top colleges. They do this by connecting low-income high-achieving high school students all around the country with college student advisors via remote/online platforms.

The Medical Specialty Exposure Program (MSEP) is a pipeline program that aims to empower URiM (underrepresented in medicine) high school students to choose career paths in medicine. Each spring, Resident physicians of diverse backgrounds in pediatrics, internal medicine, OB-GYN, psychiatry, and surgery specialties lead monthly case-based sessions geared toward exposing students to each field, developing clinical reasoning skills, and providing them with interactive learning and networking opportunities.

The Migration Alliance at Yale (MAY), formerly known as the Yale Refugee Project, is a group of undergraduate students passionately devoted to aiding all migrants. Migration Alliance at Yale has helped provide access for children of refugees from IRIS to become familiar with American sports by inviting them to Payne Whitney Gym, the Education Group distributes snacks to local students at IRIS, and provides tutoring, and the Advocacy Group aims to assist local migrants with housing needs.

The Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments is committed to fostering an understanding and appreciation of musical instruments from all cultures and periods. The collection also serves as a laboratory for historical, artistic, and innovative exploration and education in the arts and sciences.

The Music in Schools Initiative, New Haven (MISI), is an active partnership between the Yale School of Music and New Haven Public Schools. During the academic year, MISI places graduate-student teaching artists from the Yale School of Music in more than two dozen public schools throughout New Haven. Teaching artists are trained to complement the work of full-time New Haven public school music teachers. They teach sectionals, ensembles, private lessons, and other activities depending on the needs of the school to which they are assigned. In addition, MISI coordinates after-school ensembles for New Haven students throughout the school year.

The Morse Summer Music Academy is a free music program for intermediate and advanced music students in the band, choir, and/or orchestra programs in New Haven public schools. Over the course of four weeks, students are taught and mentored by a team of music educators from the New Haven public schools and teaching artists from the Yale School of Music. This month-long program offers opportunities for growth in musicianship, technique, and personal achievement. New Haven public school students entering grades 4–12 are eligible to apply and audition.

The North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO) is a contest in which high school students solve linguistics puzzles drawn from a variety of languages. The Yale Linguistics Department offers four training sessions for local high school students each fall, in preparation for the Open Round of NACLO in January. No experience required to participate.

New Haven REACH is a Yale undergraduate organization that pairs New Haven high school juniors and seniors with Yale students who support and guide them through the college application process. One-on-one mentorship involves essay editing, school list creation, and financial aid advice. REACH mentees also have access to organization-wide programming. REACH was founded by graduates of Wilbur Cross High School, and its purpose is to help New Haven youth access the higher education best suited to their dreams, potential, and ambitions.

The annual New Haven Science Fair offers mentoring for students and support for teachers on investigative hands-on science-fair projects that promote scientific skills and research communication. Thousands of New Haven students participate in the program, utilizing more than 100 volunteers for mentoring and judging. Yale community members make up over 80 percent of the judges and mentors in the program.

Open Labs at Yale is a group of graduate students, postdocs, and other members of the university dedicated to scientific outreach to the local New Haven community and beyond. From Science Cafe events that feature graduate student talks and many demonstrations, to off-campus events at local schools, to content production for the web, Open Labs offers many opportunities for young people to become engaged in science. Open Labs also hosts the annual Flipped Science Fair for middle school students and brings students on as reviewers for scientific publications in the journal Frontiers for Young Minds.

The Department of Anesthesiology at Yale invites New Haven public school students to a day of workshops where they learn how anesthesiologists keep patients safe during surgery, how they literally “take your breath away” at the start of the surgery, and have patients “breathe again” at the end. Students also get hands-on experience with some of the airway devices used for both adult and pediatric patients.

Day of Immunology is an annual event for 100 Pathways high school students hosted by Yale’s Department of Immunobiology in collaboration with Pathways to Science. Through interactive workshops, students are introduced to exciting facets of immunology, including allergy, infection, the microbiome, and vaccines. Throughout these activities and lab tours, students also learn about local opportunities to get involved in immunology research and about diverse careers in the biomedical sciences.

Hosted by GradSWE, Engineering Days bring middle and high school students in Yale Pathways to Science to tour laboratories and try their hands at an engineering design-build. Past Engineering Days have included building an air-quality monitor, a bionic arm, and a self-watering garden.

Aimed at increasing interest in ophthalmology, Pathways high school students are annually invited for a full day of learning about the eye. Students use software to "travel" into the eye, are trained to use slit lamp machines, and try their hands at cow-eye dissection. This annual event is hosted by the Yale Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science.

At Public Health Day, Pathways scholars are invited to explore the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of public health applications through interactive workshops, hands-on demonstrations, and discussions. Participants learn about cutting-edge research happening at the Yale School of Public Health and have lunch with current graduate students.

Yale Pathways to Arts & Humanities annually welcomes hundreds of New Haven public high school students to Yale’s campus for dozens of arts and humanities programs and events. Pathways to Arts & Humanities explores how humans use literature, art, music, theater, history, and language to understand our connection to the world and to one another. Programs encourage creativity, help solve real-world problems, and allow students to become civically engaged both locally and globally. The highlight of the program is the free, two-week on-campus summer program.

Pathways students get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Yale Center for Preservation and Conservation, including the Gates Conservation Lab, exhibition preparation rooms, and the photo documentation studio. Students also participate in a hands-on demonstration of the Traveling Scriptorium to learn about medieval pigments and book binding. Students meet conservators and preservationists who dedicate their careers to preserving invaluable books, works of art, and much more.

The Pathways Summer Scholars program brings over 100 high school students from New Haven, West Haven, and Orange public schools to study science for two weeks on Yale’s campus. Summer Scholars provides an intensive, hands-on science curriculum that emphasizes discovery, critical thinking, and problem solving. Rising seniors have the opportunity to live on campus during the program and engage in a variety of college-prep enrichment activities. The curriculum is designed by Yale University faculty, graduate and professional students, as well as teachers from local public schools. Yale students serve a vital role as teaching assistants and mentors.

Pathways students get a behind-the-scenes look at the Yale Wright Laboratory and undertake hands-on activities that reveal how Wright Lab researchers can make the invisible visible. Wright Lab is transforming our understanding of the universe by exploring fundamental questions about the physical world through a broad research program in nuclear, particle, and astrophysics; inspiring and preparing a diverse group of future scientists; and promoting the value of science in society. Wright Lab researchers explore the frontiers of science, investigating dark matter, neutrinos, how matter is made and interacts, quantum phenomena, the beginnings of the universe, and more.

The Yale Society of Physics partners with other Yale organizations to teach and excite high school students about the physics of many everyday phenomena, such as juggling, dance, art, fire, and common electronics. Students apply math and science principles to better understand how physics can be applied in the real world.

RISE seeks to connect, engage, and empower New Haven's refugee and immigrant populations and the local communities to foster inclusion and tolerance through weekly in-school and in-home cultural lessons and monthly community outreach events. RISE provides tutoring at New Haven schools through IRIS placements and early childhood care through the Family Literacy Program. Yale student volunteers provide in-home tutoring and mentoring refugee youth with IRIS staff.

Sci.CORPS (Science Career Orientation & Readiness Program for Students) is a program open to students who have participated in the Yale Peabody EVOLUTIONS program for at least two years. After a period of training and community service, participants receive paid work experience as science interpreters at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. SciCORPS staff work at interpretive carts, at craft stations, and in the Discovery Room.

Science in the News is a series of fun science lectures delivered by Yale graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars each spring. Our goal is to communicate exciting science stories to the public across libraries in Connecticut. Past lecture topics have included “How to Build an Earth: Just Add Water!” and “Life is Strange: Legendary Heroes of Survival.” The series is organized and hosted by Yale Science Communication—A Graduate Student Organization, a campus group devoted to igniting scientific engagement and training effective science communicators.

The mission of Sensory Physiology Club is to promote scientific education in human and animal physiology. In partnership with Yale Pathways to Science, graduate students offer activities at the annual Pathways Brain Education Day and in a 5-day summer workshop. Hands-on activities and experiments cover electrophysiology, sensory perception paradigns, EEG, and the five senses.

SheCode aims to foster interest in innovative technology and problem-solving by teaching programming skills to young girls in a highly supportive environment. Through SheCode, Yale undergraduates teach New Haven middle and high school girls in Yale Pathways to Science how to create basic programs using JavaScript and Python, introducing them to game design, algorithms, and computer graphics.

The student volunteers at SpinWearables, a project of the Graduate Student Society of Women Engineers at Yale (GradSWE), help students code their own light-up device called the SpinWheel! Students dive deeper into coding with Arduino and learn the physics behind motion and how our eyes see color. These sessions feature small-group workshops and culminate in a Final Masterpiece Project where students design their own creations via their SpinWheels.

Sprout is a two-weekend learning program hosted by Yale Splash, an undergraduate organization. Middle and high school students take classes in a variety of subjects taught by Yale undergraduate and graduate students, with a chance to delve deeper into certain topics.

STEM Mentors is a graduate student organization that serves to prepare and encourage young students to pursue STEM in college and in their careers. STEM Mentors organizes college-essay-writing workshops and college Q&A sessions to help move students forward in the exciting world of STEM.

Stroke Busters is an interactive program that teaches local high school students about prevention, causes, and warning signs of the leading cause of disabilities in the country: stroke. Members of the Stroke Busters team collaborate with Yale Pathways to Science to offer local students both one-day enrichment sessions and 5-day summer learning workshops centered around the underlying causes - and prevention of - stroke.

The View from Here is a semester-long photography-based program for local high school students. Hosted by the Yale Center for British Art and the Lens Media Lab, this program seeks to deepen young people’s engagement with visual art by exposing them to the history, materials, and practice of photography. Students learn the essential principles of taking and composing their own photographs using a smartphone or personal digital device. Working with curators, museum staff, Yale faculty, and photographers, students gain access to unique workshops, experiences, and mentorships. The program culminates in an exhibition of students’ work. A $500 stipend is awarded at the completion of the course.

The Ulysses S. Grant Program is a six-week academic summer program for motivated middle school students from New Haven Public Schools held on the Yale University campus. Since 1953, U.S. Grant has drawn upon the enthusiasm of Yale undergraduates to deepen students’ current interests and explore completely new ones, while developing their critical thinking and collaborative skills.

Urban Resources Initiative (URI) is a university not-for-profit partnership that has planted more than 10,000 trees in the city of New Haven. Its mission is to foster community-based land stewardship, promote environmental education, advance the practice of urban forestry, and provide Yale students with clinical learning opportunities. URI has been active in New Haven since 1991 and is dedicated to community participation in urban ecosystem management.

WILL POWER! is Yale Repertory Theatre's annual educational initiative designed to bring middle and high school students to see live theater. Since 2003, WILL POWER! has served more than 20,000 Connecticut students and educators. Each year, programming is centered around one or more of Yale Rep's productions, offered to New Haven Public School students and educators. The program has included early school-time matinees, free or heavily subsidized tickets, study guides, and post-performance discussions with actors and members of the creative teams. WILL POWER! is committed to giving teachers curricular support through free workshops and professional development about the content and themes of the plays.

The World Culture and Language After School Studies Program (World CLASS) offers local high school students language instruction, along with cultural exposure, in several less-commonly taught languages, including Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Urdu. Weekly classes are taught by Yale faculty, graduate students, and local teachers. The program culminates in a student showcase of the language skills they have developed over the course of the year.

The Yale Athletics Department hosts several annual Youth Day events including: Fall Youth Day at the Yale Bowl, Winter Youth Day, and Yale Hockey Youth Day. Students engage in free sports clinics, gain free admission to varsity events and earn special prizes for participation. Youth Days are free and open to the public and draw hundreds of New Haven students to Yale’s campus.

The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom in a landmark building designed by Louis Kahn. YCBA has a rich array of exhibitions and educational programs, as well as fellowships and academic resources, including a reference library and study room for examining works on paper in the collection. The museum is open to the public, and admission and all programming is free. YCBA encourages families and children of all ages to explore the collections.

The Yale Center for British Art offers children’s programs and community family festivals that explore the collections and special exhibitions. Through gallery experiences, games, and activities, children and families learn how to look at and talk about a work of art. Self-guided group and family materials are available at the front desk.

The Summer Teacher Institute offers practicing teachers an enriched understanding of how visual art can support their students’ reading, writing, and thinking. Workshops, discussions, and lectures by university faculty and museum educators demonstrate how “visual text” can be used to enhance literacy instruction. Institute sessions include hands-on experience with works of art and exploring ways to make the museum an extension of the classroom. Participants are given the tools they need to lead dynamic museum visits and to incorporate visual arts into classroom instruction.

The Comer School Development Program designs and delivers customized professional development experiences for pre-K to 12 educators at the school and district levels. Created by Yale professor James Comer, MD, MPH in 1968, the SDP's approach focuses on applying knowledge of the developmental and learning sciences and the Comer Process guiding principles to create a positive classroom community. SDP began in New Haven's two lowest income and lowest achieving elementary schools and increased their performance, attendance, and behavior to rival the city's highest income schools.

The Yale Community Rowing Program seeks to create a comfortable learning environment where youth can increase self-esteem and enjoy a unique team bond through their participation in the sport of rowing. It offers a Middle School Learn to Row program which teaches the rudimentary skills of rowing during a one-week summer session in which campers will develop their rowing skills and build teamwork and discipline skills in a supportive environment.

The Yale Education Tutoring Initiative (YETI) is a free online tutoring program for New Haven public middle and high school students. Admitted students are matched with an undergraduate or graduate student tutor who helps support their work in one or several school subjects.

Yale Model Congress provides high school students with an opportunity to learn about and experience the American legislative system first hand. As part of the program, students learn parliamentary procedure, write legislation, develop research strategies, and practice public-speaking skills. During the annual Yale Model Congress conference, students assume the responsibilities of elected representatives and tackle the issues facing our nation, such as security, the environment, and healthcare.

Yale Online brings access to professors, programs and courses to a range of people around the world, including career changers, lifelong learners, educators, and high school and college students. From online courses to on-campus experiences, there is a broad range of learning opportunities available for degree and non-degree seekers. The courses are free and open to the public.

The Yale Peabody EVOLUTIONS Program (EVOking Learning & Understanding Through Investigations Of the Natural Sciences) engages high school students in informal learning and work opportunities throughout all four years of high school. Students spend at least one day per week after school learning about science, preparing for college, developing job skills, and making new friends. Participants spend hundreds of hours each year as exhibit developers, museum interpreters, research interns, and students. Through weekly classes, monthly events, and field trips, EVOLUTIONS is designed to increase science literacy, provide college preparation, develop career awareness, and promote transferable skill development. Each year, EVOLUTIONS students produce an exhibition that is installed in the museum and work as science interpreters through the SciCORPS youth employment program. A select group of EVOLUTIONS students are also offered paid internships in Yale science laboratories.

Each year, the Peabody Museum provides educational programs in biology, paleontology, geology, ancient civilizations and social studies to more than 20,000 students from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. All programs draw on the museum's exhibits to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of science and social studies education and most can be adapted to accommodate specific group needs as requested.

The Yale Physics Olympics (YPO) is an all-day physics competition for Connecticut and surrounding area high school students and teachers and is free for registered teams. YPO brings more than 100 high school students together in four-person teams to compete in a pentathlon of physics-themed activities.

Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Outreach Program welcomes middle and high school student groups to Yale. Students explore neuroscience on campus through lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and a tour of the Cushing Center, all led by current graduate students. At interactive demo stations, students can use their muscles to power a robotic claw, record electrical changes in neurons from a cockroach leg, compare brains from several animals, and learn how common brain teasers work. In the Cushing Center, volunteers partner with a talented librarian to lead students on a scavenger hunt to learn about the history of neuroscience at Yale and see a variety of brain specimens collected by Dr. Harvey Cushing.

The Yale Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all in STEM. A large component of this work includes science outreach to K–12 students within the New Haven area through hands-on demonstrations at a variety of events throughout the academic year and summer.

Synapse is the educational outreach arm of Yale Scientific Magazine. It aims to inspire New Haven public school students to pursue careers in science, engage in research, and try their hands at scientific journalism. Synapse conducts science demonstrations over the course of three spring workshops and the annual Resonance program, a series of science enrichment activities hosted at Yale for high school students. Synapse also sends out a monthly newsletter with science news and puzzles and organizes a scientific writing contest in the Fall.

The Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association (YUAA) is Yale’s largest engineering club. Its members build rockets, birdlike planes, satellites, and robots/rovers. Through their outreach, YUAA works with Yale Pathways high school students to build small-scale versions of these objects, explaining the basic science governing them.

Each year, YUSO hosts a collegiate Division C Science Olympiad Invitational on Yale's campus, inviting 60 teams from all over the country to explore scientific topics in a competitive atmosphere. This event is completely planned and hosted by Yale undergraduate student volunteers.

The annual Family Day at the Yale University Art Gallery invites families to explore the collection and buildings through tours, storytelling, and art-making activities. Family Day is on the last Sunday in January.

School groups can explore the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection, buildings, and exhibitions on free interactive guided class visits. Visits for school groups are led by the museum’s Wurtele Gallery Teachers, Yale graduate students trained as museum educators. Class visits stress critical thinking, observation skills, and creative evaluation through close examination, interactive activities, and discussion of works of art and are tied to Common Core Standards. This past year, more than 11,000 K–12 students visited with their classes and as part of after-school programs. School groups can schedule single visits or work with the Education Department to develop multi-visit partnerships.

Sidewalk Studio is an outdoor program, held in front of the Yale University Art Gallery, that fosters impromptu artmaking on a drop-in basis. Led by Gallery staff and Yale undergraduate and graduate students, each session focuses on a single medium and connects to works in the collection.

Teen Program is on Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:30pm at the Yale University Art Gallery. Students can bring their friends, explore the museum’s diverse collection, and make art. Recent sessions have focused on drawing, painting, and photography. Bus passes are provided. For teens ages 13–19.

The Digital Humanities Laboratory (DHLab) at the Yale University Library supports cutting-edge research and teaching in the humanities. During the summer, Pathways students are invited to the DHLab for hands-on workshops that explore the leading questions and tools driving ethical and engaging digital humanities research forward.

Established in 1994, the President's Public Service Fellowship (PPSF) provides full funding for up to 35 Yale students to work full-time with public sector and nonprofit organizations in New Haven each summer. PPSF has created a legacy of current Yale students and recent graduates who have a sophisticated view of community development and remain active in community building in New Haven and other cities. To date, more than 950 Yale undergraduate, graduate, and professional-school students have contributed more than 400,000 hours of community service to local organizations serving New Haven residents through this program.

Yale Young Global Scholars is one of the most globally diverse, two-week academic summer programs in the world. Serving 1,800 students from 150+ countries (and 50 U.S. states), YYGS invites high school students to discuss pressing topics in STEM, social sciences, humanities, or cross-disciplinary studies. YYGS offers a full tuition scholarship for selected students who self-identify as currently attending one of the New Haven Public Schools, as part of Yale University’s commitment to supporting these students on their path to and through college.

The Yale Physics department invites local students and their families to a night of hands-on demos led by physicists. Participants explore demonstrations of giant pendulums, mysterious sounds, electricity, the mysteries of levitation, and watch a science show performed by physics graduate students.

The YCCI Clinical and Translational Research Exposures Summer Internship Program, launched in the summer of 2021, offers a unique opportunity for high school students aged 15 and older, to delve into the fields of healthcare, medicine, and clinical research. This four-week virtual program immerses participants in the world of technology, mobile apps, patient engagement, healthcare disparities, and data science. Under the guidance of renowned scientists, this internship blends coursework, lectures, collaborative projects, and engaging interactions with clinical and research leaders, providing an enriching educational experience.