Adrian Rodrigues
Staff Reporter
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Campus sees update in renovations

Though students returning to campus this week saw some parts of campus still shrouded in blue scaffolding, they also faced some completely renovated spaces.

Yale hosts new African leadership program

This summer, 25 young business leaders from Africa arrived on Yale’s campus to engage in a six-week program centered on business, entrepreneurship and community service.

Harvard endowment executive to depart

Come next year, the largest endowment in higher education will have a new manager.

Fundraising for new colleges nears final stages

Fundraising for the two new residential colleges will be completed in the near future, according to University officials.

Report tackles Yale College expansion

“Any planning for the expansion, even just three years out, represents a moving target: it is impossible to predict every facet of student need or interest, economic circumstance, or evolving pedagogical practice,” the report said.

Stanford becomes wealthiest university to divest

On Tuesday, Stanford University became the wealthiest U.S. university to pledge divestment from coal companies.

Adams named Calhoun master

Sociology professor and Deputy Provost Julia Adams will be the next master of Calhoun College, University President Peter Salovey announced Thursday.

Possible conflicts of interest in divestment decision

The Yale Corporation’s vote on a proposal to divest the University’s assets from fossil fuels, expected in the coming months, will serve as a test of the body’s conflict of interest policy.

Faculty split on reformed hiring process

A week after a University committee announced that Yale’s system of managing faculty positions will change, faculty have expressed varied reactions.

UP CLOSE | Faculty governance: a power within

This academic year, the addition of a Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the faculty vote to create an elected senate will likely change the University’s governance structures.

Prank email declares divestment

“This email has recently come to our attention, and I can confirm that this is not an official Yale communication,” University Secretary Kimberly Goff-Crews said.