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.
Author Archive
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

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale admissions returns to in-person high school visits

The admissions office is moving to an outreach model reminiscent of pre-pandemic efforts, including in-person visits from admissions officers and student ambassadors

October 31, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & FATOU M'BAYE
“Carefree celebration”: Yalies celebrate festival of lights

Last week, the Yale Hindu Students Organization and Chaplain’s Office co-hosted a Diwali puja at the Omni Hotel. Students of other religious and cultural backgrounds also celebrated holidays that fall on the day of the new moon.

October 31, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & INES CHOMNALEZ
Hillary Clinton visits Law School for conversation on leadership

Clinton was the keynote speaker for the Tsai Leadership Center’s week-long series on “Transformational Leadership.”

October 28, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale student delegation heads to D.C. to protest in defense of affirmative action

As oral arguments for two lawsuits that could end affirmative action begin, Yale students will join peers from other schools on the Supreme Court steps to demonstrate support for race-conscious admissions policies.

October 27, 2022