Matt Kristoffersen
Staff Reporter
matthew.kristoffersen@yale.edu
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MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
As accommodation requests rise, admins make changes

Extra time on a midterm. Wheelchair access to a certain class. Food in a lecture hall. When Yale students need accommodations to succeed, the University […]

March 6, 2020

MATT KRISTOFFERSEN & VALERIE PAVILONIS
Faculty say YSB fixes slow to come

Faculty members and students have lodged hundreds of complaints about facility shortcomings at the Yale Science Building — a $283 million investment that opened its […]

March 6, 2020

MATT KRISTOFFERSEN & ALAYNA LEE
Spring break, study abroad plans in limbo as coronavirus spreads

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread and threaten countries around the world, Yale students and faculty members altered their upcoming spring break plans to […]

March 4, 2020

ALAYNA LEE & MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Report recommends rethinking QR requirement

As data science gains popularity in higher education, a recent University report recommended that Yale College appoint a committee to rethink the Quantitative Reasoning requirement. […]

March 2, 2020

VALERIE PAVILONIS & MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Judges rules to release clinical trial data

Two Yale Law School clinics celebrated after their successful legal battle pushed a federal judge to mandate the release of previously unreported clinical trial data […]

March 2, 2020

ROSE HOROWITCH & MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Takahashi lab identifies research areas

Under the leadership of former Senior Director of the Yale Investments Office Dean Takahashi ’80 SOM ’83, the Yale Carbon Containment Lab has been examining […]

February 27, 2020

MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Postdocs struggle with child care costs

Postdoctoral associate Kaitlin Snider has wanted children for years, but she said that because Yale’s child care options are too expensive, she might have to […]

February 25, 2020

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MATT KRISTOFFERSEN & VALERIE PAVILONIS
Swensen to discuss endowment with students

Although in-person meetings between Chief Investment Officer David Swensen and student activists have been a rarity, Swensen will come face to face with undergraduates to […]

February 25, 2020

CHARLOTTE ZIMMER & MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Sanders cites Yale study in debate

While explaining the benefits of Medicare for All during the Democratic presidential debate last week, Senator Bernie Sanders cited Yale Epidemiology professor Alison Galvani’s recent […]

February 23, 2020

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FAS Senate discusses divestment

Student activists, faculty members and Chief Investment Officer David Swensen debated whether Yale should reevaluate its ethical standard for investment at the Faculty of Arts […]

February 21, 2020

MATT KRISTOFFERSEN
Lofton appointed Humanities dean

After months of searching, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced religious studies professor Kathryn Lofton would continue her interim role as dean of the […]

February 19, 2020