Anika Arora Seth
Staff Reporter
anikaaseth | anika.seth@yale.edu
Anika Arora Seth was the 146th Editor in Chief and President of the Yale Daily News from April 2023 until May 2024. Previously, Anika 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 statistics & data science and women's, gender & sexuality studies.
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ANIKA ARORA SETH & SARAH COOK
Students and alumni sue Yale, alleging discrimination against students with mental illnesses

On Wednesday, Yale was hit with a class-action lawsuit by an alumni mental health advocacy group and current students for policies plaintiffs claim discriminate against students with mental health disabilities.

December 1, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH, TRISTAN HERNANDEZ & HANNAH KURCZESKI
Yale College pushes for more small-town, rural students

Over the last six years, Yale Admissions has worked towards greater geographic diversity. Past and present members of the Rural Students Alliance at Yale expressed support for expanding on-campus support through a new peer liaison program.

November 30, 2022

GIA-BAO DAM, MADDY CORSON & ANIKA ARORA SETH
A guide to menstrual and contraception product availability at Yale College

Yale College Council, Women’s Center and Communication & Consent Educators work to continue strides in accessibility of menstrual and sexual health products on campus.

November 30, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale alumna one of three arrested for pro-choice protest at Supreme Court

Emily Paterson ’99, along with two other women, was arrested during a Nov. 2 Supreme Court hearing for interrupting judicial proceedings.

November 18, 2022

INES CHOMNALEZ & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale Law students reflect on race-conscious admissions

Alums and professors at the Law School, which produced two of the court’s sitting justices of color, weighed in on the impending ruling’s widespread impacts.

November 18, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale boasts most Rhodes Scholars in a decade

Five Yale seniors were announced as winners of the Rhodes Scholarship, a prestigious award granted to a total of 32 American undergraduate students that funds graduate study at the University of Oxford.

November 14, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH, WILLIAM PORAYOUW & NATHANIEL ROSENBERG
Yale alums win big in midterm elections

Yale alumni ascended to positions of power on the federal, state and local levels, including offices in Connecticut, Florida and New York. Many alum incumbents kept their seats, while other races remained too close to call.

November 11, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
Yale welcomes largest-ever cohort of Eli Whitney students

Twenty-three students matriculated this fall in the Eli Whitney Students Program for non-traditional undergraduates

November 11, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale receives 7,777 early action applications

7,777 prospective students submitted applications to join Yale’s class of 2027 — the second-largest early applicant pool on record for Yale College.

November 10, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
SFFA funded by large conservative groups with Federalist Society ties

Public tax records from 2015 to 2020 showed that large conservative donors offer most of the financial backing for Students for Fair Admissions, the nonprofit organization bringing forward the two lawsuits that could end race-conscious college admissions. The documents also reveal that the organization spent more than $8 million over this time period.

November 3, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yalies protest in support of affirmative action as Supreme Court decisions loom

As the nation’s highest court heard oral arguments for two lawsuits that could end affirmative action on Monday morning, Yale students joined peers from other schools in Washington, D.C. to protest in support of race-conscious admissions policies.

November 1, 2022