Yale Prof To Receive $1 Million For Warrior-Scholar Project

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale astronomy and physics professor has been awarded a $1 million prize to expand her work on a project that helps military veterans prepare for college.
Marla Geha will receive the money over the next five years from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for her work on the science portion of Yale’s Warrior-Scholar Project.
The project is a two-week “boot camp” on university campuses, aimed at giving enlisted veterans who have been admitted to c