Isaac Yu
Staff Reporter
@isaacyu_ | isaac.yu@yale.edu
Isaac Yu was the News' managing editor. He covered transportation and faculty as a reporter and laid out the front page of the weekly print edition. He co-founded the News' Audience desk, which oversees social media and the newsletter. He was a leader of the News' Asian American and low-income affinity groups. Hailing from Garland, Texas, Isaac is a Berkeley College junior majoring in American Studies.
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ISAAC YU
Jonathan Spence, acclaimed professor of Chinese history, dies at 85

For more than 40 years, Jonathan Spence GRD ’61 GRD ’65 lit up packed lecture halls with vivid stories of emperors and everyday people that […]

January 6, 2022

ISAAC YU & NATALIE KAINZ
2021: Year in Photos

In 2021, Yale Daily News photographers captured protesters gathering at Beinecke Plaza, athletes midair at the Yale-Harvard football game and the inner workings of New Haven’s first COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

December 31, 2021

ISAAC YU & LUCY HODGMAN
Yale moves finals online and allows students to leave campus early

Following on the heels of peer institutions, and after experiencing its largest single-day COVID-19 spike, the University has moved all remaining final exams online. In a Saturday night email, administrators expressed hope to start the spring term in person but urged students to bring home all essential items.

December 18, 2021

Natalie Kainz, Multimedia Managing Editor
Natalie Kainz, Multimedia Managing Editor
ISAAC YU & LUCY HODGMAN
Harvard remote for first three weeks of January, Yale sees largest-ever single-day COVID spike

Yale’s COVID-19 dashboard was updated with almost double the number of positive cases on Dec. 15 than previously known.

December 18, 2021

ISAAC YU
Departments play “musical chairs” across campus spaces

Over half of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have recently relocated, moved into renovated space or have plans to do so next year. The shuffling comes from a wave of large construction project completions around campus.

December 10, 2021

ISAAC YU
“A chilling, hostile environment”: faculty protest China Initiative as tensions continue to disrupt research

In the last three weeks, nearly 100 Yale faculty have signed onto an open letter condemning the Justice Department’s anti-espionage campaign, which they say is invasive and discriminatory. Meanwhile, Chinese researchers and students continue to face visa and administrative barriers, chilling scientific collaboration on campus.

December 9, 2021

ISAAC YU
YCC issues statement on hate crime near campus

An attempted armed robbery and hate crime occurred on Monday night on Chapel Street between York and Park Streets, prompting a response from the Yale College Council’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. No one was injured. 

December 8, 2021

ISAAC YU & ANABEL MOORE
“Iel” at Yale: A new French pronoun slowly appears

The nonbinary “iel” entered the “Le Petit Robert” dictionary, generating backlash in France and a few discussions in Yale classrooms.

December 6, 2021

ISAAC YU
How academic freedom might be protected, or not

As the FAS Senate meets with administrators to deliberate on next steps in addressing academic freedom, professors weigh in on the range of policies that could possibly be implemented — or whether any changes are necessary.

December 3, 2021

ISAAC YU
Robert Farris Thompson, preeminent scholar of African art history, dies at 88

Affectionately known as “Master T,” he served as the head of Timothy Dwight College for more than three decades.

December 1, 2021

ISAAC YU & SARAH COOK
Creative writing classes see record demand

Increased competition and an earlier application timeline sparked frustrations among students and professors. Some advocated for adding course offerings and modifying the registration process.

November 30, 2021