Yale Daily News

Secretary and Vice President for University Life Kimberly Goff-Crews emailed the University community to “clarify” the University’s position on structures, following the removal of a pop-up bookshelf and an encampment erected by pro-Palestine protesters on Beinecke Plaza. Protesters said they feel unfairly targeted by the policy.

April 24, 2024

The event, which celebrated Salovey’s tenure as University President, was held on the eve of the Yale Corporation’s Saturday meeting. Throughout the event, hundreds of student protesters stationed outside demanded that Yale divest from weapons manufacturers.

April 20, 2024

Three Rutgers faculty interviewed by the News criticized Holloway GRD ’95 for his handling of a faculty union strike, controversial decisions and lack of communication with the university community. Last September, the Rutgers Senate passed a vote of no confidence on the sitting president.

April 20, 2024

Yale Corporation members Maurie McInnis GRD ’90 GRD ’96 and David Thomas ’78 GRD ’86 currently serve as the presidents of Stony Brook University and Morehouse College, respectively, and will have a voice in who becomes Yale’s next president. McInnis and Thomas’ backgrounds in university leadership could make them possible fits for the job.

April 16, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters erected a wooden bookshelf structure on Monday afternoon on Beinecke Plaza as part of a “Books not bombs” protest. Just over an hour in, University staff began dismantling the fixture based on administrator guidance — but after back and forth with the News, administrators have yet to clarify the University regulation that forbids the structure’s placement.

April 16, 2024

The Yale Corporation will attend a private dinner event on Friday evening to celebrate University President Peter Salovey’s departure from the role, directly in advance of the Corporation’s fourth annual meeting on Saturday — which could include updates on the ongoing search for Salovey’s successor.

April 15, 2024

Despite a growing number of presidents reporting that they would discourage colleagues from pursuing the role, University President Peter Salovey and other current and former college presidents with ties to the University say they do not hold that view.

April 11, 2024

Yale’s Class Day tradition, during which the full graduating class gathers on Old Campus, will feature speeches from students and from United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ’03.

April 11, 2024

Stanford announced Jonathan Levin’s appointment — which will begin on Aug. 1 — on Thursday morning; Yale’s own presidential search is now seven months into the process.

April 5, 2024

The Yale Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, is set to meet on campus April 20 for its fourth annual meeting as the presidential search enters its seventh month.

April 3, 2024

Officials from the Peabody Museum, which opened on March 26, said they remain committed to “culturally responsive collection stewardship” in light of new federal regulations that aim to strengthen the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

April 2, 2024