Jordan Fitzgerald
Staff Reporter
@jordtwitzgerald | jordan.fitzgerald@yale.edu
Jordan Fitzgerald serves as a University editor for the News. She previously edited for WKND and wrote about admissions, financial aid & alumni. She is a senior in Trumbull College majoring in American history.
Author Archive
JORDAN FITZGERALD
Sigma Phi Epsilon begins process to disaffiliate from national chapter and welcomes non-male members

In September 2020, Yale fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon disaffiliated from its national chapter and rebranded themselves as a social group called The Edon Club.  The […]

May 28, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale adds two residential colleges, bringing tally up to 14

With the opening of Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray Colleges in fall 2017, Yale expanded the residential college system for the first time since Morse […]

May 23, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Brett Kavanaugh ’87 LAW ’90 takes his place on the Supreme Court despite national backlash

It was Oct. 6, 2018, and the Women’s Table bloomed. In a 50–48 vote, the Senate had just confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh ’87 LAW ’90 […]

May 23, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale physics department admits first-ever majority-female Ph.D class

This fall, Yale’s first-ever physics P.h.D class composed of a majority of women will begin their doctoral studies at the University.

May 6, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
{W}holy Queer meeting group marks the intersection of faith and sexuality

{W}holy Queer are meetings where undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Yale gather to discuss the intersection between their queer and religious identities.

May 4, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Events director candidate Diba Ghaed ’24

Ghaed is currently the YCC’s deputy director of the events committee and running for events director unopposed.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Ghaed in a blue top.
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23

Galal currently serves as a YCC senator and health and COVID-19 policy chair, and is running for president alongside vice presidential candidate Zoe Hsu ’24.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Galal wearing a white double-breasted suit jacket
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: VP candidate Zoe Hsu ’24

Hsu, who is currently a YCC senator, equity chair and Asian Affinity Network co-founder and co-leader, is running alongside YCC presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Hsu in a red shirt.
JORDAN FITZGERALD
Virtual Women’s Mental Health Conference spotlights women’s health

In 2018, two Yale psychiatry residents founded a conference dedicated to women’s mental health in the wake of the #MeToo movement and Supreme Court Justice […]

April 15, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale Office of LGBTQ Resources reopens in person on weekends for month of April

During the fall of 2019, Yale’s Office of LGBTQ Resources — which supports and advocates for issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity for University […]

April 7, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Mourning Our Losses honors over 2,800 lives lost behind bars during the pandemic

On Saturday afternoon, Mourning Our Losses, a national organization dedicated to honoring individuals who have died in prisons, held their second virtual vigil of the […]

March 28, 2021