Karla Cortes
Staff Reporter
karla.cortes@yale.edu
Karla Cortes covers Student Policy and Affairs at Yale under the University Desk. From Woodstock, Georgia, she is a sophomore in Silliman College majoring in political science
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KARLA CORTES & ALAN ZHONG
OiYan Poon hosts book talk on affirmative action, Asian American identity

The AACC and Possible Futures bookstore hosted OiYan Poon for a discussion on her newest book, “Asian American Is Not a Color,” this past Saturday.

September 23, 2024

JOSIE REICH, CHRIS TILLEN, HAILEY TALBERT & KARLA CORTES
ANALYSIS: Could Yale face post-affirmative action lawsuits?

The News spoke with seven legal experts who are divided on whether Yale could face litigation regarding the class of 2028’s maintained diversity.

September 17, 2024

JERRY GAO, KARLA CORTES & YOLANDA WANG
Yale jumps in FIRE free speech rankings

Yale’s 155 of 257 ranking, which FIRE described as “slightly below average,” is the only one among Ivy League schools above 200.

September 13, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Cultural centers adapt to post-affirmative action reality

After the end of affirmative action, cultural centers received increased funding from Yale, look to maintain cultural programming efforts to support students on campus.

September 11, 2024

KARLA CORTES, LANDON BISHOP & FAREED SALMON
As COVID-19 rates rise, Yale focuses on community health, but concerns for immunocompromised persist

As Yale relaxes COVID-era policies and national and state COVID-19 rates rise, community health remains a concern.

September 5, 2024

KARLA CORTES & SASHA HUROWITZ
Berkeley welcomes Bárbara Cruvinel Santiago as new dean

Students and first-year counselors in Berkeley College are enthusiastic about Cruvinel Santiago, who began her tenure as dean on Aug. 1.

September 5, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Yalies take center stage in 2024 GOP political arena

Throughout the 2024 presidential election cycle, Yale alumni have been at the forefront of the Republican party. Ron DeSantis ’01 and Vivek Ramaswamy LAW ’13 both emerged as Republican candidates in the primary, and Senator J.D. Vance LAW ’13 was selected as the Republican VP pick.

August 30, 2024

KARLA CORTES & NORA MOSES
Yale Hospitality nixes dining hall to-go boxes, closes Commons on Fridays

This summer, Yale Hospitality ended a COVID-19-era policy allowing students to use take-out boxes to eat their meals outside of the dining halls, among other policy updates.

August 29, 2024

KARLA CORTES & NORA MOSES
Yale opens dedicated MENA cultural suite, appoints second Muslim Chaplain

After years of student activism and the promise of former University President Peter Salovey, the University’s new Middle Eastern and North African cultural suite opened this week and a second Muslim Chaplain was hired at the beginning of August.

August 27, 2024

KARLA CORTES & CHRIS TILLEN
Students share mixed reactions to Yale President-elect McInnis

The News spoke with seven Yale students who expressed a range of opinions on Maurie McInnis' upcoming tenure as the University’s 24th president and the presidential search.

June 10, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Yale students protest Israel-Hamas war, University response and call for divestment during fall semester

Throughout the 2023 fall semester, Yale students organized protests across campus targeting the institution's involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

May 19, 2024