Meet Class of 2026 graduate Matthew Verich! #Yale2026 🎓 For Matthew Verich, all the threads came together during his sophomore year at Yale. “I found my people that fall,” said Verich, who is graduating this spring with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a certificate in Spanish. His “people” at Yale have included spirited jazz musicians, an inspirational colleague in a neuroimmunology lab, and classmates exploring their religious faith. As a first-year student, Verich, who comes from Alexandria, Virginia, sampled a variety of different courses as he searched for his academic niche. During that second year, the path narrowed as he found a connection to science and a growing commitment to medicine. “I had never taken biology, but I was definitely curious about the field, so I took a class,” Verich says. “I had taken chemistry, and knew I liked it. I also like psychology, because I enjoy thinking about how people think. So, I said, ‘Let’s try to combine them all,’ and I went in...