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
Students on leave can remain affiliated with original class of matriculation

While official graduation years cannot be changed at a student’s request, students who have taken a term or more off from enrolling in classes can […]

October 15, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC creates new athletics chair position

The Yale College Council announced Esha Bhattacharya ’24 as the new athletics chair on its executive board. This year, the YCC restructured its policy positions, […]

October 14, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
YCC restructures policy positions for the upcoming year

The Yale College Council has restructured their positions for this upcoming year, replacing the three policy director positions with 15 policy chairs.  The previous YCC […]

October 12, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
GSA passes resolution condemning DHS-proposed changes to student visas

The Graduate Student Assembly passed a resolution last week condemning the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed rule change that would shorten international students’ duration of […]

October 12, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & MADISON HAHAMY
Students on leave appear to be failing courses they are not actually taking

On Oct. 6, Kezia Levy ’24 woke up to a concerned email from one of her professors questioning why Levy had not completed her biology […]

October 8, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & JULIA BROWN
Students demand that Yale reprioritize its spending

On the heels of Yale’s most recent report about its financial health, students across the University are continuing to voice their demands that Yale reform […]

October 8, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
International travel sponsored by University suspended for the duration of the academic year

In an email sent to the Yale undergraduate community on Monday afternoon, Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun informed students that restrictions on international travel […]

October 7, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & SYDNEY GRAY
Weeks of low case count prompt change in Yale’s COVID alert level

The University’s COVID-19 alert level has changed from yellow to green, signaling that the campus has made it through the arrival period with a low […]

October 4, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
Yalies react to first presidential debate

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the first of three scheduled presidential debates. Many Yale students […]

October 1, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & JULIA BROWN
Experts weigh in on Yale endowment and spending policies

The Yale Investments Office reported that the endowment earned a 6.8 percent return for the latest fiscal year, a surprising figure given the pandemic’s economic […]

October 1, 2020

JULIA BIALEK
Not business as usual: Yale releases update on the University’s financial situation

Yale estimates that the pandemic has cost the University more than $250 million in lost revenue and COVID-19 related expenses, but it is still reporting […]

September 25, 2020