Olivia Woo
Staff Reporter
olivia.woo@yale.edu
Olivia Woo covers Faculty & Academics for the University desk. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she is a first-year in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in Ethics, Politics & Economics.
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OLIVIA WOO
“When you’re in a war, appeasement is surrender”: Stanley talks leaving Yale, resistance at book talk

Philosophy professor Jason Stanley, who is moving to Canada to teach at the University of Toronto this fall, spoke at the New Haven Unitarian Society’s author series.

April 13, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
“America at 250”: Yale history professors confront American identity in one-time-only course

Professors Beverly Gage, Joanne Freeman and David Blight will tackle the entirety of American history in the class dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the independence.

April 10, 2025

ELSPETH YEH & OLIVIA WOO
“The numbers just didn’t make any sense”: Yale professors react to Trump reciprocal tariffs

Yale English professor James Surowiecki was the first to bring media attention to the flawed methodology with which the Trump administration calculated its newest set of tariffs.

April 6, 2025

JERRY GAO & OLIVIA WOO
Dozens of CS students flagged for AI use, urged to self-report or face ExComm

After returning from spring break, students enrolled in CPSC 223 were given 10 days to self-report AI use and face reduced punishment, or risk being referred to the Executive Committee.

April 3, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
WGSS nears end of hiring process for new Transgender Studies professor

The department seeks to fulfill requests from both students and faculty for a specialist in trans studies, continuing its faculty expansion.

March 26, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
Yale undergraduate and GSAS courses adopt four-digit course numbers

In order to accommodate the gradual exhausting of three-digit combinations, the University Registrar’s Office began the renumbering process with fall 2025 course listings.

March 26, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
CS department defers to instructors on classroom AI policy

Yale College administrators have taken a discretionary approach to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms, resulting in differing policies across Computer Science courses.

February 12, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
Poorvu Center seeks to expand AI integration into classrooms

Applications for the pilot AI Course Revision Pilot Grant are open for instructors who want to integrate artificial intelligence into their curriculum.

February 6, 2025

OLIVIA WOO
Objects in mirror are further than they appear

I’d been waiting to take the train home for Thanksgiving break since seventh grade. That was the year I indulged in the saga of Gogol […]

December 6, 2024

Jessai Flores
OLIVIA WOO
PR-born Vía Láctea reimagines plant-based ice cream in New Haven

The San Juan-founded bakery chain has opened a new location on Whitney Avenue, boasting Puerto Rican holiday flavors and Connecticut-grown ingredients.

December 4, 2024

OLIVIA WOO
Professor Steven Smith questions DEI and STEM-focused initiates at Yale

In a lecture entitled “Yale, Then and Now,” distinguished political science professor Steven B. Smith discussed the impact that STEM-focused and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have had on Yale and similar institutions.

November 19, 2024