Julia Bialek
Staff Reporter
@juliabialek_ | julia.bialek@yale.edu
Julia Bialek currently serves as a public editor for the Yale Daily News. Previously, she covered the student policy & affairs beat as a reporter on the university desk. Originally from Chappaqua, New York, Julia is a junior in Saybrook College studying political science and history.
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JULIA BIALEK
It’s all good: How Will Salaverry ’23 is spreading positivity during his leave of absence

As students enrolled this semester log onto Zoom to take their online classes, Will Salaverry ’23 starts his days by hiking up into the hills […]

December 2, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
Problem with COVID-19 sample processing leads to delay in results ahead of Thanksgiving travel

A processing problem at the primary lab in charge of Yale’s asymptomatic COVID-19 testing has delayed test results as students prepare to depart campus for […]

November 20, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
A student tests positive for COVID-19. Then what?

Even as undergraduates prepare to depart campus for the semester, there remains some mystery surrounding what happens when a student tests positive for COVID-19.  The […]

November 20, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
L-Dub under building quarantine until Nov. 21 due to cluster of cases

Due to a cluster of COVID-19 cases among students in the building, Lanman-Wright Hall, one of the residence halls on Old Campus, is now under […]

November 18, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
COVID-19 testing available in New Haven during recess, students returning home worry about access

Although students who remain in New Haven while campus is closed will still have access to COVID-19 testing, for the students who plan to go […]

November 18, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
New COVID-19 restrictions ask on-campus students not to leave campus until Thanksgiving departure

After the weeklong quarantines of students in Saybrook, Grace Hopper and Davenport colleges — following a cluster of COVID-19 cases in the colleges last week […]

November 13, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & EMILY TIAN
First-year students reflect on how COVID-19 surge has impacted their last days on campus

As Thanksgiving quickly approaches and students prepare to leave campus for the remainder of the semester, the surge in COVID-19 cases among students has cast […]

November 12, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
Student move-out policies reflect public health standards, lessons learned from spring 2020

As the end of the semester nears, students enrolled in residence must pack up their belongings and prepare to move out of their dormitories, regardless […]

November 12, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
YCC votes to co-sponsor petition asking Yale to pay fair share to New Haven

The Yale College Council has voted to co-sponsor a petition urging Yale to pay its “fair share” to the Elm City. On Nov. 8, the […]

November 11, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & EMILY TIAN
Pots and pans in the streets: 2020 election results bring students relief, though questions linger

As the Associated Press and various American cable news networks called the results of the presidential election for former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday […]

November 11, 2020

EMILY TIAN & JULIA BIALEK
Students in three colleges to quarantine, University moves to orange alert level amid 20-person COVID cluster

Students living in Saybrook, Davenport and Grace Hopper residential colleges have been asked to quarantine in their suites until Thursday morning in response to a […]

November 6, 2020