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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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

ANIKA ARORA SETH & ANNIE CUI
Yale a cappella’s move away from gender labels

Several of Yale’s formerly single-gender a cappella groups moved to include students of all genders in recent rush cycles — a shift cemented by official policy from the Singing Group Council.

October 17, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH, PALOMA VIGIL, KAITLYN POHLY & JOSHUA ZHANG
Students describe classroom accessibility in light of Yale’s mask-optional policy

The News spoke to 8 students about experiences with classroom accessibility in the three weeks since Yale implemented a mask-optional policy in all campus spaces.

October 17, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH, PALOMA VIGIL & SOPHIE WANG
Welcome to the Lifting Up Latinx Identity special issue!

We are thrilled to showcase content centered on Latinx members of our community — including profiles, spoken word poetry, photography and illustrations.

October 15, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & BEN RAAB
Celebrating half a century of varsity women’s athletics

This weekend, Yale Athletics and the Yale Women's Athletic Network are hosting a series of celebratory events, panel discussions and more to highlight 50 years of varsity women’s athletics and Title IX.

October 13, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & PALOMA VIGIL
Dramat production to feature entirely Black cast

Tori Sampson’s 2019 play, “If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka,”, will explore the meaning of beauty through the lens of Black womanhood at the Spring 2023 Experimental show.

September 30, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & ELENA UNGER
James O’Donnell, musical director at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, to join Yale faculty this spring

After 23 years as the Westminster Abbey choir director, organist James O'Donnell will arrive in New Haven to teach at the School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music.

September 27, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Sick students decry lack of to-go boxes in dining halls

Yale Hospitality told the News this week that takeout box options are available to all sick students, regardless of exact illness. But 12 dining halls are currently distributing boxes only to those who test positive for COVID-19.

September 22, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
After Roe’s overturn, Connecticut remains a “safe haven” for patients

Abortion clinics across Connecticut, New Haven and Yale will continue to offer the abortion procedure as well as the abortion pill, despite the United States […]

September 8, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Faculty hiring booms as Yale hones STEM

The Faculty of Arts & Sciences sought to hire more than 100 new professors as part of a push to boost faculty ranks and strengthen STEM departments.

May 30, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Gage resignation sparks University-wide discourse on academic freedom

The professor’s decision to leave Grand Strategy left administrators and colleagues grappling with the meanings of academic freedom.

May 27, 2022