POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
NORA MOSES & OLIVIA CYRUS
YCC passes proposal for Yale Police oversight board, citing ‘concerning’ surveillance of pro-Palestinian protesters

The Yale College Council proposed creating an independent oversight board of the YPD, which would include student representatives. Dean Pericles Lewis told the News he’s “in favor” of the idea.

February 4, 2025

NORA MOSES & KARLA CORTES
Old Campus housing assignments to rotate for first years in fall 2025

To accommodate a larger incoming class, Yale reassigned residential colleges to the Old Campus halls that best fit their first year class sizes.

February 4, 2025

JULIETTE PROPP
High costs, extensive waitlists, endless paperwork: The reality of being a working parent at Yale

Parents say that the effectiveness of Yale’s child care support programs is often undermined by high costs, limited flexibility and administrative hurdles.

February 4, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yale Hospitality scoops up new sorbet offerings following Oatly supply issues

Branford and Saybrook dining halls’ Oatly soft serve has been replaced with pomegranate raspberry and chocolate fudge sorbet, after supply chain issues sourcing the product.

February 2, 2025

JOSIE REICH
McInnis’ Trump strategy: quiet in public, busy in Washington

As executive orders threaten Yale, McInnis explained how she works behind the scenes to defend the University’s funding and programs.

January 29, 2025

ZOE BEKETOVA
Funding freeze rescinded, war on “woke” programs persists

The White House budget office rescinded the funding freeze, but Trump will still attempt to pull back funding from “woke” programs.

January 29, 2025

HAILEY TALBERT & ORION KIM
All eight Ivies now partner with QuestBridge

On Thursday, Harvard became the final Ivy League institution to join the partnership, with its class of 2030 being the first eligible to apply through the match-based program. The News spoke with current and former QuestBridge finalists about the importance of the program.

January 27, 2025

SOPHIA STONE
Yale reduces deferrals, prioritizes final decisions in early action admissions

The News spoke with deferred applicants and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions about what a Yale deferral means.

January 27, 2025

JOSIE REICH
Former faculty allege sexual harassment, racial discrimination in pre-lawsuit letter

For decades, Yale leaders failed to respond to complaints about inappropriate faculty behavior in the electrical engineering department, a letter claims.

January 24, 2025

HAILEY TALBERT
International applications drop in first test-flexible admissions cycle

International applications are down 26 percent compared with last cycle, and domestic applications are down 8 percent.

January 23, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale police feared spring protests were “criminal and violent.” Then they arrested

The Yale Police Department arrested 48 pro-Palestinian protesters, mostly students, on April 22, 2024. A recently published cache of records sheds light on internal decision making.

January 17, 2025