Jingyi Cui, Author at Yale Daily News

Facing an unfavorable legal landscape, Local 33 — the unrecognized graduate student union that made headlines last year for its efforts to force Yale to […]

February 2, 2018

ADELAIDE FEIBEL & JINGYI CUI

Whiffs, Whim now open to all

Breaking with more than a century of tradition, the Whiffenpoofs and Whim ‘n Rhythm, Yale’s all-male and all-female senior acapella groups, announced this morning that they will open auditions to all members of the Class of 2019, regardless of gender.

February 1, 2018

JINGYI CUI

Swensen talks shop at college tea — but off the record

Chief Investment Officer and captain of Yale’s $27.2 billion endowment, David Swensen, contributes to the University in more ways than one. In addition to bringing […]

January 30, 2018

JINGYI CUI

Student groups sought ACIR seat

Every two years, University President Peter Salovey appoints two students — one from Yale College and one from the graduate and professional schools — to […]

January 29, 2018

JINGYI CUI

Students call for Yale to divest from fund

More than 100 protesters braved the cold in front of University President Peter Salovey’s home on Hillhouse Avenue Thursday afternoon, demanding that Yale disaffiliate from […]

January 26, 2018

JINGYI CUI

Architect amazes with fungi bricks

David Benjamin, an architect known for integrating principles of biology into his design, mesmerized a full lecture hall at Rudolph on Thursday night with fungi-based […]

January 19, 2018

JINGYI CUI

Shandley settles into registrar role

The biggest worry facing one-fifth of undergraduate students at Yale this week may well be whether they can secure a seat in “Psychology and the […]

January 18, 2018

JINGYI CUI & ADELAIDE FEIBEL

Econ reclassifies programs as STEM

Despite the tightening of immigration policies under President Donald Trump, international students majoring in economics at Yale will have an easier time seeking work authorization […]

January 17, 2018

JINGYI CUI & HAILEY FUCHS

NLRB reversal threatens Local 33

A recent National Labor Relations Board decision has grim implications for Local 33, Yale’s graduate student union. The labor board has wasted no time reversing […]

December 20, 2017

JINGYI CUI

New tax bill spares grad students, targets endowments

The Republican tax bill poised to reach President Donald Trump’s desk this week leaves graduate students largely unscathed. But it upends the tax benefits enjoyed […]

December 19, 2017

HAILEY FUCHS & JINGYI CUI

Fossil Free Yale, Local 33 rally outside Woodbridge

Forty members of Fossil Free Yale and graduate student union Local 33 demanded that Yale disclose its fossil fuel investments and divest from fossil fuel at a protest outside Woodbridge Hall Friday afternoon.

December 9, 2017