Benjamin Hernandez
Staff Reporter
Benjamin Hernandez covers Woodbridge Hall, the President's Office. He previously reported on international affairs at Yale. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, he is a sophomore in Trumbull College majoring in Global Affairs.
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Salovey to step down

In a Thursday morning email to the University community, Peter Salovey announced that this will be his eleventh and final year as Yale’s president; he intends to depart this summer.

Salovey tests positive for COVID-19

More than 2,500 attendees — including members of the class of 2027 and their guests — gathered on Cross Campus on Monday, Aug. 21, for […]

Yale Young Global Scholars will return to in-person programming this summer

After the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the program online, YYGS will once again take place on campus.

German Department to hold Easter egg hunt

The easter eggs will contain slips of paper with fun facts about the German language as part of an initiative to tackle declining enrollment in beginner German courses.

Salovey visits South Korea to talk future partnerships

President Peter Salovey and a delegation of staff members traveled to the country over spring break and met with officials from local universities, as well as alumni in the region, to discuss research and educational partnerships in South Korea and East Asia.

Yale Africa Startup Review hosts first in-person event, unveils annual list of 30 African startups

Alumni, editors, entrepreneurs and members of the Yale entrepreneurial community convened for the reveal of the startups selected for YASR30 2023.

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario delivers Gruber Lecture at YLS

Addario spoke candidly about her work and the impact that she hopes to impart by chronicling her time as a photojournalist through a series of photographs.

Graduate students push to expand OISS

International graduate students have listed the office’s expansion as a top priority in conversations with University administrators.

‘Vladimir Putin will keep going’: Blumenthal and Sonnenfeld talk anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine

At a Thursday town hall, Senator Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and SOM assistant dean Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discussed the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.

Salovey signals interest in South Asian partnerships

Yale is reviewing potential academic partnerships in universities in South Asia on the guidance of the President’s Council on International Activities.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to read at Yale University Art Gallery

The event will take place in the Robert McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public.