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MADISON HAHAMY & ISAAC YU
Students and faculty reflect on the status of Asian American studies at Yale

In interviews with the News, three Asian American students and three faculty members all expressed a desire for more University support for Asian American studies, particularly in hiring more faculty members whose work deal with the subject area.

May 2, 2021

ISAAC YU
Asian Yalies explore oral narratives, generational trauma through senior theses

This year, some Yalies used their senior thesis projects to explore a wide range of Asian and Asian American issues.

May 2, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & ISAAC YU
AACC to celebrate 40th anniversary with teach-in, alumni panel and digital history showcase

Four decades ago, roughly 100 Asian American students — at that point about a third of the total Asian American population enrolled in Yale College — met with then-Yale president Bart Giamatti to fight for a space of their own on campus, beyond a few rooms in the basement of Bingham Hall.

May 2, 2021

Students gather at the AACC after its opening.
LUCY HODGMAN
Bayan Galal ’23 and Zoe Hsu ’24 elected YCC President and Vice President

Bayan Galal ’23 and Zoe Hsu ’24 were elected YCC President and Vice-President, respectively, in elections that took place on April 29 and 30.

May 1, 2021

SIMISOLA FAGBEMI & ZAPORAH PRICE
ANAAY continues to educate community about Indigenous land rights amid pandemic

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Association of Native Americans at Yale, or ANAAY, is continuing to educate the Yale community about Indigenous land rights.

April 29, 2021

JULIA BIALEK
Amid higher demand for on-campus housing, students say process is stressful, inequitable

As the semester comes to a close, students engage in the often stressful process of determining housing for next school year.

April 29, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH & PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
University takes tentative approach to Chinese collaboration

Yale will maintain, not expand, ties to Chinese universities in light of ongoing political issues.

April 29, 2021

The façade of Woodbridge Hall in the daylight.
ROSE HOROWITCH, AMELIA LOWER & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Yale working to deal with students who get a non-FDA-authorized vaccine

Because the pandemic has scattered Yale students across the globe, not everyone has access to the same COVID-19 vaccines. But with Yale's recent mandate announcement and requirement that students be immunized with U.S.-approved shots for the fall, what could this mean for international students in countries that are only administering AstraZeneca or other non-FDA-authorized vaccines?

April 29, 2021

An up close photo of COVID-19
JULIA BROWN & ADAM LEVINE
Petition demands removal of Yale-NUS Governing Board chair over ties to Myanmar army

Thousands of people have called for Kay Kuok Oon Kwong to be removed because of her business ties to the Myanmar army, which has killed hundreds and injured thousands since taking power in the country in a February coup.

April 29, 2021

JULIA BIALEK
University moves COVID alert level from orange to yellow

Thursday’s shift marks the first alert level change since November.

April 29, 2021

HAMERA SHABBIR
The Women’s Network Yale Chapter hosts Law Career Symposium

On Tuesday Night, The Women’s Network Yale Chapter invited eight accomplished women in law to speak with undergraduates in the organization on possibilities in the law pathway.

April 29, 2021

Speakers pictured include Jessie Liu, Kelly Voight, Rachel Skaistis, and Sailaja Paidipaty on a screenshot.