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
University announces major science and engineering investments

As the endowment grows and fundraising campaign progresses, Yale officials released plans for new hires and facilities — as well as to establish the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as a distinct faculty.

February 22, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & EVAN GORELICK
Faculty express mixed feelings over move to renovated Kline Tower

Astronomy, mathematics, statistics and data science and physics faculty share their hopes and reservations about their upcoming move to Kline Tower.

February 21, 2022

TIGERLILY HOPSON & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Semiannual Title IX reports delayed by three semesters

Currently three reports behind schedule, the Title IX office plans to release its next report this month — almost a year after the previous one. Title IX reports are generally issued twice per year, and record data on reported sexual misconduct from the previous six-month reporting period.

February 21, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences approve new joint master’s program

The Yale School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are set of offer a new master’s program next year, pending approval from the Yale Corporation in May.

February 15, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
CEID reopens for in-person operations, abbreviated schedule

On Monday, the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design reopened for in-person programming.

February 9, 2022

SARAH COOK & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Planning for net-zero Physical Sciences and Engineering Building speeds up in Yale’s science push

After being announced in Feb. 2020, planning for the Physical Science and Engineering Building, set to finish construction in 2027 is now further underway, as faculty committees evaluate equipment needs and impact on current buildings.

February 2, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Biomedical engineering department receives new chair and DUS

James Duncan will chair the biomedical engineering department and fellow professor Lawrence Staib will assume the role of director of undergraduate studies.

January 28, 2022

ANIKA ARORA SETH & YASH ROY
Economic Growth Center hosts virtual conversation on “Afghanistan’s Future: Development, the state and the humanitarian challenge”

The Jackson Institute, in conjunction with the Economic Growth Center, held a discussion between the last pre-Taliban Afghan Finance Minister, a University of London Think Tank Director and the Former Secretary for International Development under Theresa May on the future of the Afghan people, nation and economy.

November 17, 2021

ANIKA ARORA SETH
New Haven students share personal experiences with “carceral culture” in schools

Youth-led New Haven activist organization hosts an online panel to discuss different facets of the school-to-prison pipeline and advocate for an end to NHPS’s contract with police.

November 12, 2021

ANIKA ARORA SETH
After Gage’s resignation, Michael Brenes takes helm of Grand Strategy program

In response to Beverly Gage’s resignation announcement, which was motivated by concerns of inappropriate donor influence over the curriculum, Michael Brenes is slated to assume the interim director position next semester.

November 1, 2021

HANNAH QU & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Senior film majors frustrated by University policy requiring actors to be masked while shooting

Filmmakers at Yale are adding new props to their senior projects this year: masks. Based on University COVID-19 policy, all students participating in short films […]

October 18, 2021