Anika Arora Seth
Staff Reporter
anikaaseth | anika.seth@yale.edu
Anika Arora Seth is the 146th Editor in Chief and President of the Yale Daily News. Anika previously covered STEM at Yale as well as admissions, alumni and financial aid. She also laid out the weekly print edition of the News as a Production & Design editor and was one of the inaugural Diversity, Equity & Inclusion co-chairs. Anika is pursuing a double major in biomedical engineering and women's, gender and sexuality studies.
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SARAH COOK & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf shares perspective on faith and injustice at campus talk

Civil rights activist and former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf spoke at a lecture on Monday about his life and his approach to protesting racism and social inequality.

March 7, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & NATASHA KHAZZAM
Yale team places fifth in prestigious Putnam mathematics competition

A Yale team ranked in the top five of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for the first time in 30 years, earning $5,000 for the department.

March 6, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & PRANAVA DHAR
Inside the Hahn Scholars program’s push to recruit top STEM students

The Hahn Scholarship supports a small cohort of Yale students with research funding.

February 26, 2023

PALOMA VIGIL & ANIKA ARORA SETH
“If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka” takes on beauty standards in sold-out Spring Ex performances

The Spring Ex production, which ran from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, was co-directed by Simisola Fagbemi ’24 and Megan Ruoro ’24.

February 22, 2023

SARAH COOK, ANIKA ARORA SETH & MIRANDA WOLLEN
Remembering Garrett Woodard ’23

Family, friends and classmates of Garrett Woodard, who died last week, remembered his kindness and creativity.

February 21, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
New STEM recruitment program seeks to increase yield of STEM matriculates

The YES Scholars program will invite around 100 of the students accepted to the class of 2027 to a special cohort of highly-skilled STEM students.

February 17, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & BRIAN ZHANG
South Asian Youth Initiative Conference returns to Yale

The 2023 South Asian Youth Initiative Conference, or SAYI, featured performances, panels, speeches and meals that celebrated South Asian identity and diversity.

February 14, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & JOSHUA ZHANG
Muslim Students Association and Yale Women’s Center celebrate World Hijab Day

Students from Yale’s Muslim Students Association worked with the Yale Women’s Center to set up a booth on Cross Campus for World Hijab Day on Feb. 1.

February 10, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale to announce long-term testing policy this spring

After adopting one-year test-optional models for the past three application cycles, Yale’s undergraduate admissions office plans to announce its long-term testing policy this spring.

February 8, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
In trend reversal, Yale now rejects more early applicants than it defers

In response to record-breaking numbers of students seeking undergraduate admission to Yale — as well as feedback from high school counselors — Yale is moving to reject more early action applicants than it defers.

February 7, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
ANALYSIS: The legacy of affirmative action

Data from a National Bureau of Economic Research paper confirm theories that maintaining legacy preference in admissions processes hurts racial diversity, while both legacy preference and race-conscious admissions significantly benefit wealthy applicants over their lower-class peers.

February 2, 2023