Philip Mousavizadeh
Staff Reporter
@PhilipMousaviz1 | philip.mousavizadeh@yale.edu
Philip Mousavizadeh covers Woodbridge Hall, the President's Office. He previously covered the Jackson Institute. He is a sophomore in Trumbull College studying Ethics, Politics, and Economics
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PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
A “proliferation of administrators”: faculty reflect on two decades of rapid expansion

Yale’s administration has grown rapidly, which some professors say negatively impacts faculty and students.

November 10, 2021

ANASTASIA HUFHAM, LUCY HODGMAN & PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Bomb threat called in for numerous campus buildings, campus spaces cleared for reentry five hours later

Three Ivy League universities received bomb threats and ordered evacuations on Sunday, two days after a similar threat was called in for Yale. Columbia University, […]

November 5, 2021

ISABELLE QIAN, PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH & ISAAC YU
Fire starts at Berkeley College

Emergency services arrive and students evacuate as fire starts near Berkeley late Wednesday afternoon.

November 3, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH & ZHEMIN SHAO
University finishes fiscal year with operational surplus while also highlighting deficit within central funds

In a Friday email to faculty and staff, the University reported its annual budget figures and outlined its spending priorities given the year’s high endowment returns.

November 3, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yale School of Drama looks to build new central facility

The Drama School, currently split across nearly a dozen buildings, is seeking a consolidated infrastructure.

October 29, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Alumni raise concerns that Trustees’ astronomical wealth skews priorities

Half of the Yale Corporation is made up by wealthy Wall Street and investment executives.

October 27, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
University pushed Vermund out as School of Public Health Dean, school affiliates say

Vermund stepped down as School of Public Health Dean after Yale offered him a shortened three-year contract rather than a typical five-year contract.

October 26, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Students denounce Yale-affiliated lawyers for role in Sandy Hook suit

Yale students have called on the University to sever ties with Day Pitney LLP, a law firm that represents both Yale and Remington, a gun […]

October 15, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Salovey provides updates on University’s diversity initiatives

In a Thursday announcement, University President Peter Salovey detailed progress made over the past year on the University’s diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives. In […]

October 15, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Alumni continue protests over changes to Corporation election process

More than 1,100 Yale alumni have signed a petition calling on the University to reinstate the alumni fellow petition process for a seat on the […]

October 13, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yale Corporation discusses sciences, Jackson and capital campaign at yearly first meeting

For the first time in 18 months, the Yale Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — met in person. At the year’s first meeting, the […]

October 11, 2021