Luke Ciancarelli
Staff Reporter
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Holloway’s legacy of student engagement

The first crisis of Jonathan Holloway’s tenure as Yale College dean had nothing to do with Halloween.

Three Yalies named Rhodes scholars

Three Yale students and alumni were awarded Rhodes Scholarships this year for postgraduate study at Oxford University.

Yale settles wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million

Yale will pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Annie Le, a graduate student murdered in a Yale research laboratory in 2009.

Three Yalies awarded Rhodes Scholarships

Olivia Klevorn ’17, Hannah Carrese ’16 and Noah Remnick ’15 are this year’s Rhodes Scholarship recipients for Yale.

Admissions Office changes recruitment program

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is set to launch significant changes to its recruitment programming for admitted students this year, in order to cater to the larger size of the freshman class.

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Early applications increase by 9 percent

The number of early action applications to Yale College this fall increased by 9 percent, marking a major spike after three years of stagnation.

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Trump victory leaves students reeling

Trump’s unexpected victory in the 2016 presidential election early Wednesday morning sent shockwaves across Yale’s campus. Many Yale students watching the election around campus — in dorms, classrooms and residential college butteries — expressed surprise and disappointment.

Activists against Schmidheiny push further

The controversy surrounding the Swiss billionaire and Yale honorary degree recipient Stephan Schmidheiny took its latest turn recently, after dozens of concerned alumni signed multiple letters and petitions to University President Peter Salovey demanding a committee to reconsider Schmidheiny’s degree status.

Political engagement runs strong among Yalies

While some students spent the beginning of their fall semester getting re-acclimated to Yale, others spent their weekends traipsing around New England in an effort to register voters in advance of Tuesday’s election.

Yale acceptance rate set to increase

Yale’s undergraduate acceptance rate for the class of 2021 will increase in the coming admissions cycle because of the 175 additional spots in the freshman class afforded by the two new residential colleges.

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Group sues Department of Education

The anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education on Oct. 27, alleging the department’s unwillingness to release what the group believed to be public information from a federal investigation.