Evan Gorelick
Staff Reporter
@EvanGorelick | evan.gorelick@yale.edu
Evan Gorelick is Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. He previously covered Woodbridge Hall, with a focus on the University's finances, budget and endowment. He also laid out the weekly print edition of the News as a Production and Design Editor. Originally from Woodbridge, Connecticut, he is a junior in Timothy Dwight College double-majoring in English and economics.
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EVAN GORELICK
Price uncertainty means Yale’s endowment returns may be lower than they appear

The University’s recently reported 0.8-percent gain may not represent the true return of its portfolio, experts told the News.

October 10, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Yale endowment grows 0.8 percent, its lowest since the Great Recession

The University’s annual return of $266 million was driven down by the bleak financial environment but ran ahead of figures so far released by peer institutions.

October 5, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Yale’s application-based majors have dwindled in recent years

As two popular majors switched to prerequisite systems in recent years, other programs have weighed the costs and benefits of limiting their cohorts.

October 2, 2022

CALLIE KRUEGER & EVAN GORELICK
Students and faculty reflect on one-week add-drop period without Friday classes

This semester, the University shortened add-drop period to a single week, a move exacerbating concerns brought by last year’s elimination of shopping period.

September 12, 2022

LUCY HODGMAN & EVAN GORELICK
University promotes administrators to roles vacated by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis

As Pericles Lewis has ascended to the role of Dean of Yale College, the University is ushering in new administrators to fill the roles he […]

September 9, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
John Merriman, history professor known for animated lectures, dies at 75

John Merriman, who spent much of his career researching and teaching modern French history at Yale, passed away earlier this year.

September 2, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Yale’s data science institute to launch in October as part of University-wide push toward STEM

The Kline Tower Institute, a new data science initiative, will launch on Oct. 14, but will not move into its namesake until renovations are complete next summer.

August 31, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
ER&M continues to grow in wake of 2019 protests

In March 2019, 13 faculty members withdrew from Yale’s program in Ethnicity, Race and Migration, citing the University’s lack of support. After national protest and […]

May 22, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
Yale’s “universal pass/fail” experiment and its lasting impacts

When classes moved online in spring 2020, students rallied for a “universal pass” system to address concerns of educational inequity. Although the University opted for […]

May 22, 2022

EVAN GORELICK
From pandemic recovery to growth equity: Mayor Elicker’s evolving agenda

Just weeks after taking the mayoral office in 2019, Justin Elicker quickly found his office consumed by the harsh realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.  But […]

May 22, 2022

EVAN GORELICK & SARAH COOK
Three candidates nominated for Yale Corporation election in first year without petition process 

The Yale Corporation Alumni Fellow election is currently underway and will conclude in late May when a candidate is elected to the Yale Corporation.

April 29, 2022