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.
Author Archive
MADISON HAHAMY & ISAAC YU
Teaching fellow shortage to blame for intro course caps

In some cases, students have been turned away, and professors expressed long-term concerns about Yale’s classroom environments.

September 21, 2021

Students photographed from behind in a lecture in Sloane Physics Laboratory 59.
OWEN TUCKER-SMITH, ISAAC YU & ISABEL MANEY
Vaccine campaigns target communities of color, youth

A new city campaign aims to promote vaccination rates through bilingual video and photo ads. Meanwhile, community leaders indicate a need for continued focus on vaccinating people of color.

September 14, 2021

A healthcare worker draws a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
ISAAC YU
New Connecticut driving laws take effect Oct. 1

Provisions include pedestrian safety laws, increased fines for using a phone while driving and a ban on opening car doors on cyclists.

September 12, 2021

A pedestrian crossing the street.
ISAAC YU, ROSE HOROWITCH & JULIA BIALEK
Yale dorms, some buildings lose power, flood

Heavy rain brought on by the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused all Yale residential colleges and some other buildings to lose power and some to flood.

September 2, 2021

ISAAC YU
Tweed adds four Florida routes

The new leisure routes are a departure from previous business hub destinations. Meanwhile, American Airlines seems poised to leave on Sept. 30.

August 31, 2021

ISAAC YU
COVID-19 vaccine rollout for New Haven’s communities of color

For the last six months, cities around the country have been grappling with the inequitable rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. In New Haven, organizations have been […]

May 28, 2021

ISAAC YU
Landscapes of the Elm City: Four years of change

New Haven might look a little different than it did when students in the class of 2021 stepped foot on campus as shiny-eyed first years. […]

May 23, 2021

ISAAC YU
Students protest for ER&M amid 13 professors’ withdrawal, then return

On March 29, 2019, thirteen senior faculty members withdrew from the Ethnicity, Race and Migration program, generating campus-wide debate about the University’s support for the […]

May 23, 2021

ISAAC YU & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Tweed lifts off with $100 million private investment and new terminal, airline

A massive expansion of Southern Connecticut’s largest airport will be funded by a Goldman Sachs-owned company, which will take the reins on day-to-day operations for the next forty years. Meanwhile, a new airline promises regular, affordable service from Tweed, which has struggled in recent years.

May 6, 2021

A rendering of the possible changes at Tweed
THE YALE DAILY NEWS, NATALIE KAINZ & ISAAC YU
Unions call for respect from Yale at car caravan rally

With contract negotiations for Yale’s unions looming, workers took to the streets, both on foot and in cars, to send a message of strength and […]

May 6, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & ISAAC YU
‘Beep beep, Yale is cheap!’: Unions call for respect from Yale at car caravan rally

With contract negotiations for Yale’s unions looming, workers took to the streets, both on foot and in cars, to send a message of strength and unity to President Peter Salovey.

May 6, 2021