Yolanda Wang
Staff Reporter
yolanda.wang@yale.edu
Yolanda Wang covers Faculty and Academics as well as Endowment, Finances and Donations. Originally from Buffalo, NY, she is a junior in Davenport College majoring in political science.
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YOLANDA WANG & FABEHA JAHRA
“Histories and Worlds Unbound” symposium honors Gary Okihiro’s legacy

The symposium gathered academics and activists from across disciplines to hold dialogue on professor Gary Y. Okihiro’s scholarship in Asian American studies and ethnic studies.

November 13, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Sumud Coalition calls for divestment referendum

The pro-Palestine Sumud Coalition held a rally on Wednesday to launch a petition for a referendum on divestment from military weapons.

November 8, 2024

KARLA CORTES, YOLANDA WANG & CHRIS TILLEN
“Quiet acceptance and a quiet grief”: Yalies react to Trump victory

After Donald Trump’s reelection to the U.S. presidency early Wednesday morning, Yale students expressed mixed feelings at community gatherings, rallies and reflection events.

November 7, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Yalies4Palestine demands Yale support Palestinian scholars, studies

Yalies4Palestine recently launched a campaign to pressure Yale to invest in educational programs on Palestine and relationships with Palestinian universities and scholars.

November 4, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Yale endowment grows 5.7 percent

While Yale’s 2024 fiscal year investment return is slightly up from last year and represents a gain of $2.3 billion, it places Yale second-last among its Ivy League peers.

October 29, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
FAS dean search, transitional preparations underway

The recently formed Search Advisory Committee for the next FAS Dean is gathering community input, while current FAS Dean Tamar Gendler is preparing a descriptive assessment of the FAS for her successor.

October 24, 2024

KARLA CORTES & YOLANDA WANG
Yale community mourns on Oct. 7 anniversary

A year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliatory war in Gaza started, Yale community members gathered to mourn lives lost.

October 8, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Yale to offer Filipino (Tagalog) courses in fall 2025

Following monthslong student advocacy efforts, the Council on Southeast Asian Studies has posted a job advertisement for a Filipino (Tagalog) lector, who initially will be appointed for three years.

September 30, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Students march for Lebanon and Palestine, block traffic

On Friday, student protesters blocked the College and Grove Street intersection and marched around Yale’s campus in protest of Israel’s military attacks in Lebanon.

September 30, 2024

YOLANDA WANG & JOSIE REICH
Yale Corporation convenes, trustee meets pro-divestment students

A Yale Corporation trustee met with three pro-Palestinian students, who presented a proposal for the University to disclose its investments in military weapons manufacturing, to which the trustee did not commit.

September 30, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Future of undergraduate human rights program unclear

Human Rights Studies, which suspended applications in fall 2023, may be reinstated as a certificate program through either Yale College or the Jackson School of Global Affairs.

September 26, 2024