By Susan Gonzalez
July 26, 2021
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Anjelica Gonzalez, Andrew Miranker, Stephen Pitti, and James Tierney
As a woman of color in a male-dominated field, biomedical engineer Anjelica Gonzalez strives always to remind and sometimes
convince students that anyone can make a career in science and technology.
For her efforts to promote inclusion and belonging in STEM, Gonzalez is one of four Yale faculty members to receive the inaugural Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean’s Award for Inclusion and Belonging. The other honorees are scientist Andrew Miranker, historian Stephen Pitti, and James Tierney, a senior lector in English and director of the English Language Program.
Yale Innovators Celebrated at Startup Yale 2021
Over three days, students pitched for roughly $125,000 in funding as they shared how they re innovating in health, sustainability, tech, and more.
Startup Yale 2021 took place from April 29 through May 1, bringing together eight events and hundreds of virtual attendees in a series of conversations and pitch-offs. For the second year, Startup Yale took place entirely on Zoom, with students from across Yale pitching for the campus’ biggest entrepreneurship awards in front of a live audience.
The event kicked off with a keynote featuring Porter Braswell (YC ’11), in conversation with Tsai CITY faculty director Anjelica Gonzalez and Tsai CITY student team member Jamal Davis Neal, Jr. (YDS ’23). Braswell is the founder of Jopwell, a platform that represents and advances careers for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals, as well as the author of
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