POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
ORION KIM
With over 1,300 expected attendees, Yale pushes for last-minute hosts for Bulldog Days

With Bulldog Days fast approaching, the admissions team encourages students who have not yet signed up to host to “pay it forward.”

April 16, 2025

JOSIE REICH
McInnis forms faculty committee to tackle higher ed skepticism

The group of ten Yale professors will invite perspectives within and external to Yale on why Americans distrust universities and what could boost public opinion.

April 14, 2025

ORION KIM & HAILEY TALBERT
Yale anticipates steady yield rate as national recruitment efforts expand

Come April, Yale ramps up efforts to court admitted students and maintain or boost its yield rate, competing with peer schools to obtain top talent.

April 13, 2025

JAEHA JANG
Two Yale international students stripped of their visas

Yale’s Office of International Students and Scholars confirmed to the News that the visas of two international students have been revoked.

April 8, 2025

ADA PERLMAN, JOSIE REICH & NORA MOSES
Yale adds contested antisemitism definition to discrimination policy

Yale’s policies on discrimination and harassment were updated to say that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism would be “considered among other resources.”

April 8, 2025

JOSIE REICH
McInnis once planned a bold inaugural address. Recent attacks on higher ed have “complicated” that

University President Maurie McInnis said that this “complicated” moment in higher education means she no longer feels able to give a “vision speech” at her inauguration.

April 4, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Trump wants to dismantle the DOE. Experts warn that financial support at Yale could be at risk

Over the past weeks, the Trump administration has moved to dismantle the Department of Education. The reduction in the department’s workforce – and its potential dismantlement – could impact access to higher education.

April 2, 2025

CLAIRE NAM
Niko Pfund named new director of Yale University Press

The former Oxford University Press president will replace outgoing director John Donatich, who will retire at the end of the academic year.

April 1, 2025

JOSIE REICH
What to expect from McInnis’ inauguration this weekend

Leading up to University President Maurie McInnis’ installation ceremony on Sunday, April 6, the university and city will host dozens of events for locals and visitors.

March 31, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ, KARLA CORTES & JAEHA JANG
Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access

The University and the NHPD said they were not aware of immigration enforcement presence on Friday, though rumors of ICE sightings circulated among Yalies. On Saturday, Yale Public Safety announced that campus building access will be restricted to ID holders.

March 29, 2025

HAILEY TALBERT
Yale admits 4.59 percent of applicants, marking slight uptick in acceptance rate

Yale College admitted 2,308 applications from a pool of 50,227 to the class of 2029. An additional 943 were offered a spot on the waitlist.

March 27, 2025