Monica Wang
Staff Reporter
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Panel discusses transatlantic student activism

In April 2015, students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa cheered as the statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes was removed from campus. A few months later, Yale students and community members gathered on Cross Campus in the chilly November temperatures for a March of Resilience that called for a better campus racial climate.

USAY hosts first Fearless Conference

Around 60 attendees filled the Dwight Hall Common Room Saturday morning for Unite Against Sexual Assault Yale’s inaugural Fearless Conference, which sought to discuss how sexual violence can affect communities both on and off Yale’s campus.

School-specific AAU results kept private

The decision by Yale’s 13 graduate and professional school deans not to publish school-specific data on the prevalence of campus sexual misconduct has provoked widespread debate in the University community.

School of Public Health receives grant

A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health received a $3.9 million grant on Feb. 16 from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop intervention strategies for young gay and bisexual men struggling with mental health issues.

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AAUP report evaluates Title IX

Over the last few years, with cases of sexual misconduct on college campuses garnering widespread media attention, various groups from across the political spectrum have weighed in on what effective Title IX enforcement should look like and whether colleges are equipped to enforce it.

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Grad school hosts AAU meeting

Around 25 students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences gathered in a mostly empty Linsly-Chittenden Hall classroom Tuesday night to discuss newly available data on the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment at the Graduate School.

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Law students assess mental health reforms

On Monday, amid the usual classes and activities at the Yale Law School, law students also participated in events such as silent meditation, a mindfulness session and a webinar on stress management. The events, which were planned as part of the American Bar Association’s Mental Health Awareness Day, are part of a larger monthlong initiative at the Law School to tackle mental health challenges particular to law students.

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Yale alum alleges disability discrimination at Princeton

In May 2011, Rachel Barr FES ’11 sat down for her first meeting with Princeton’s Office of Disability Services. Barr, who had recently graduated with a master’s degree from Yale, was set to begin a Ph.D. program at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Schwarzman, colleges to shift campus center

While the two new residential colleges and the Schwarzman Center were not conceived in tandem, taken together, they will make strides toward shifting the center of campus toward Science Hill and Hillhouse Avenue.

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Reinstatement tough on int’ls

At the beginning of every semester, roughly 10 percent of Yale undergraduates board planes that take them across oceans, continents and national borders to reach the United States.

Groups question Schwarzman space plans

As admins involved with the Schwarzman center’s planning gravitate toward establishing flexible spaces for student groups within the center, some student organizations say it is unclear whether the planned design will meet their needs.