Olivia Tucker
Staff Reporter
@oliviahtucker | olivia.tucker@yale.edu
Olivia Tucker covered student policy & affairs as a beat reporter in 2021-22. She previously served as an associate editor of the Yale Daily News Magazine and covered gender equity and diversity. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she is a senior in Davenport College majoring in English.
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LUCY HODGMAN & OLIVIA TUCKER
COVID-19 spike disrupts student life

Additional students have been contact traced or entered isolation housing as a result of increased COVID-19 cases on campus.

December 7, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER & TIGERLILY HOPSON
‘I just want to go home’: Omicron variant casts doubt on international students’ travel plans

International students wrangle potential travel bans, quarantines and flight cancelations when making plans for winter recess.

December 7, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN & OLIVIA TUCKER
University ramps up testing requirements amid COVID-19 spike

Yale College has upped student testing requirements in response to 98 positive COVID-19 tests on campus between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3.

December 6, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
University shifts from green to yellow COVID-19 alert level

The change comes in response to uncertainty about the Omicron variant and concern over increased campus cases following Thanksgiving break travel.

December 1, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Displaced students to return to McClellan Hall after Omni stay

The 27 students who have lived at the Omni since the start of the semester must return to their originally-assigned McClellan hall rooms by the end of the semester.

November 17, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Yale’s COVID-19 alert level shifts to green

University COVID-19 Coordinator Stephanie Spangler announced in a Thursday email that the University’s COVID-19 alert level had changed from yellow to green, accompanied by the relaxation of several public health restrictions.

November 5, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Yale College course registration process for spring 2022 to begin Thursday

Course enrollment activities for the spring 2022 semester begins this week for Yale College students, keeping some changes from the fall while implementing new ones.

November 4, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD & OLIVIA TUCKER
Yale College Council calls for end to legacy preference in admissions, while Quinlan defends practice

A Yale College Council resolution condemning legacy preference in the undergraduate admissions process has pushed the issue into the spotlight, but the University is not yet ready to abandon the controversial practice.

November 4, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
In-person sexual misconduct workshops resume after virtual year

In-person sexual misconduct workshops are back this fall after a COVID-19 pandemic-induced hiatus last year. Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd and Assistant Dean of […]

November 1, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
UOFC second-round applications close, marking end of semester’s funding

Thursday marked the deadline to apply for second-round funding from the UOFC, which distributes an annual $350,000 budget across a host of student organizations.

November 1, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Booster eligibility expands to include nearly all of Yale community

Updated CDC guidelines allow boosters for those living or working in school settings.

October 31, 2021