Baala Shakya
Staff Reporter
BaalaShakya | baala.shakya@yale.edu
Baala Shakya covers Student Life, Campus Politics and Men's Crew for the News. She is also a staff photographer and WKND columnist. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she is a sophomore in Trumbull College majoring in History & Medieval Studies.
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BAALA SHAKYA
Yale Corporation picks new trustee, names next senior trustee

Consumer Reports leader Marta Tellado GRD ’02 succeeds Joshua Bekenstein ’80 as senior trustee, while Yale Investments committee member Carter Simonds ’99 joins the Yale Corporation.

June 24, 2025

HENRY LIU & BAALA SHAKYA
Senators propose smaller endowment tax hike than House bill

The Senate Finance Committee’s Monday draft text for the Republican megabill reduces the top tax rate on universities’ investment returns to 8 percent, down from the 21 percent the House passed last month.

June 17, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU
Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

Students are hosting a press conference with Connecticut senators and lobbying against a Republican budget proposal that could significantly increase taxes on universities’ endowments.

June 11, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Yale soon to sell nearly $3 billion in private equity

The University has claimed that its first-ever sale on the secondaries market is a portfolio “cleanup” rather than a shift in investment strategy, as it navigates slowing returns in the private equity market.

June 11, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
In legal brief, schools argue research funding cuts will harm American innovation

On Monday, Yale and 23 peer universities filed an amicus brief supporting Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services.

June 10, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Yale backing Harvard in lawsuit against government

In a joint motion with 17 other universities, Yale argues that cutting federal funds to Harvard endangers the nation.

June 6, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
McInnis defends academic freedom, rallies alumni in reunion address

University President Maurie McInnis’ speech followed an alumni gathering defending academic freedom and opposing the House’s proposal for an endowment tax hike.

May 26, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Alumni elect Microsoft AI leader to Yale Corporation

Jaime Teevan ’98, Microsoft’s Chief Scientist and GPT-4 integrator, will bring tech expertise to Yale’s Board of Trustees, McInnis said in her reunion address.

May 26, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Hunger strike ‘for Gaza’ ended after 10 days

Citing declining health and administrative inaction, student protesters announced the end of the strike on Friday, May 23.

May 25, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Student groups mobilize after McInnis calls for action against tax bill 

Following McInnis’s call to action, student Democrats, members of the Endowment Justice Collective and YCC leaders began immediate advocacy against a federal bill that would sharply increase the tax on Yale’s endowment.

May 24, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
McInnis urges outreach to senators as House passes endowment tax hike

After the House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase Yale’s endowment tax from 1.4 to 21 percent, University President Maurie McInnis called on Yale community members to urge their senators to oppose the bill.

May 22, 2025