Isobel McClure
Staff Reporter
isobel.mcclure@yale.edu
Isobel McClure is a staff reporter under the University Desk, reporting on Woodbridge Hall, with a focus on the University President's Office. She previously covered Yale College policy and student affairs. She also serves as Head Copy Editor for the News. Originally from New York City, Isobel is a sophomore in Pauli Murray College, majoring in English with a certificate in French.
Author Archive
ISOBEL MCCLURE & ASHER BOISKIN
McInnis solicited donors as ROTC students met with policymakers

University President Maurie McInnis’ most recent visit to Washington included fundraising for the For Humanity campaign and the biannual Association of American Universities meeting, while Naval ROTC students visited lawmakers.

November 3, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE, JERRY GAO & ASHER BOISKIN
McInnis creates ombudsperson role for employee, grad student concerns

Yale will be the last Ivy League institution to hire an ombudsperson — a position geared towards handling concerns from University employees and graduate and professional students.

October 21, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & SARINA SANGHVI
Addressing parents, McInnis guesses why Yale has avoided Trump’s ire

In her Family Weekend speech, University President Maurie McInnis addressed the impending hike to the tax on Yale’s endowment investment income.

October 6, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & ASHER BOISKIN
Administrators collected student statements for lobbying push

The University’s strategy to counter aggressive federal policies, including an increase in the tax on university endowment returns, included privately soliciting testimonials from students.

October 3, 2025

JAEHA JANG, OLIVIA WOO & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Administrators announce plans to address endowment tax hike’s impact

In a Tuesday email, University administrators announced that schools and divisions across the University will have to reduce their budget targets beginning next fiscal year. The email also announced a “one-time” retirement incentive program to further cut costs.

October 1, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yale’s endowment spending rate to remain stable despite tax hike

Yale’s endowment management strategy will likely remain constant, despite the 8 percent tax to the endowment’s investment returns, a University spokesperson wrote.

September 24, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & JAEHA JANG
Yale considering reduction in graduate student enrollment, professors say

In light of the recent endowment tax hike, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is considering a 12 percent decrease in graduate student enrollment in the humanities and social sciences over the next three years.

September 18, 2025

FABEHA JAHRA & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Small racial shifts in second class admitted without affirmative action

Yale’s data on the class of 2029 showed subtle changes in racial makeup, including a bump in Asian American enrollment.

September 8, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
First years largely indifferent about Yale’s Trump strategy, survey finds

The News surveyed and spoke with students about their impressions of University President Maurie McInnis and Yale’s strategy toward the federal government.

September 5, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Slain Yale alumna took on college and career with warmth and drive, friends say

Friends described Wesley Mittman LePatner ’03 — who was killed in a late July shooting in Manhattan — as compassionate and impressive.

August 27, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale alumna, an ‘extraordinary classmate’ and major donor, killed in Manhattan shooting

Wesley LePatner ’03, among the four victims of a Monday shooting, was a Blackstone executive remembered for her contributions to campus life, Yale fundraising and Jewish institutions.

July 29, 2025