ARTS | Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts & Media commenced its two-day spring 2023 symposium, “Ultra Space,” on April 27. The symposium is designed to bring together artists, scientists and scholars to examine the intricate relationship between space, design and the human body, according to organizers. The event pays tribute to the pioneering ideas of artists-turned-architects Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, who advocated for the potential of architecture to extend human life. (fb)

SCITECH | A new initiative from the Yale School of Public Health and Yale Pathology Labs hopes to bring low-cost, accessible health services to New Haven — all on four wheels. Unveiled at an April 20 meeting on Yale’s West Campus, the Laboratory-in-a-Van initiative aims to bring public health services to historically underserved communities. Using a van retrofitted with laboratory-grade diagnostic equipment, the mobile clinic will employ SalivaDirect — a saliva-based COVID-19 PCR test developed at YSPH — to facilitate on-site testing with a turnaround time of two to three hours. (fb)