Lily Belle Poling
Staff Reporter
@lilybellepoling | lily.poling@yale.edu
Lily Belle Poling is the Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. She previously covered housing and homelessness and was a production and design editor. Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, she is a junior in Branford College majoring in English.
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LILY BELLE POLING
Tenants union protest interrupted by deals with Ocean Management, Farnam Realty

Ocean Management and Farnam Realty Group both offered tenants unions a return to the bargaining table in exchange for stopping their protests — after at least a month of silence from both companies, the unions said.

September 12, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation receives over $1.5 million to embrace electric vehicles

With the help of a federal grant, the Tribe — residing in southeastern Connecticut — will transition its gas-powered fleet to electric or hybrid vehicles and encourage its residents to do the same.

September 9, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Hartford, New Haven youth successfully advocate for free student bus passes

With transportation equity and sustainability in mind, students in Hartford and New Haven are working to secure free bus fares for all public school students.

September 4, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Academy-nominated directors, Grammy singers, renowned architects and more. Here are the high-profile creatives that graced Yale’s stages last year.

With names like TwoSet Violin, David Rockwell and Lee Isaac Chung, the Yale community heard from some of the world’s most well-regarded artists, across a wide range of disciplines.

August 30, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING & YOLANDA WANG
Looking back: A year of protests on Israel and Palestine at Yale

During the 2023–24 academic year, the war in Gaza sent ripples through the Yale community as students grappled with grief and dissented against the war. The News compiled a timeline of protests and other demonstrations on the topic of Israel and Palestine from the past year.

August 30, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Newly opened REST Center provides evaluation and stabilization services to adults in crisis

New Haven’s new mental health services center will serve as a central location for first responders to bring individuals experiencing non-emergency crises.

August 28, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Transportation Transformation resolution to be presented to Board of Alders this fall

The New Haven Climate Movement is drafting a resolution that calls for more climate-friendly transportation initiatives in New Haven as a way to reduce pollution.

August 27, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING & ARIELA LOPEZ
Buckley Institute leader charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly yelling racial slur

New Haven police arrested Lauren Noble ’11 in May after investigating a complaint that she directed the N-word at a Black employee at a local parking lot on multiple days last summer.

July 12, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Elicker voices hopes for McInnis’ tenure, calls on Yale to increase voluntary contribution

The News spoke with Mayor Justin Elicker about the appointment of Yale’s next president. Here’s what he had to say.

May 31, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
A thousand protesters march through downtown New Haven for a “free Palestine”

On Sunday at noon, about a thousand people rallied in downtown New Haven for the “March for a Free Palestine,” which was organized by the Connecticut Palestine Solidarity Coalition.

April 29, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING, KAITLYN POHLY, GIRI VISWANATHAN & ADAM MCPHAIL
Faculty divided over University response to divestment protests and student arrests

Faculty members composed two separate letters criticizing the University’s response to pro-Palestine protests: one criticizing Monday’s arrests, and another urging the University to respond more aggressively to protect Jewish students.

April 26, 2024