Sarah Cook
Staff Reporter
sarah_cook25 | sarah.cook@yale.edu
Sarah Cook is one of the University editors. She previously covered student policy and affairs, along with President Salovey's cabinet. From Nashville, Tennessee, she is a junior in Grace Hopper majoring in Neuroscience.
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SARAH COOK
Camp Yale to add two new orientation programs

Two new orientation programs — LAUNCH and Yale Reserved, which respectively focus on entrepreneurship and individual reflection — will hold their inaugural sessions in the fall of 2023.

March 9, 2023

SARAH COOK
Senior Biden advisor Neera Tanden YLS ’96 shares perspective on life in politics

At an event hosted by the Yale College Democrats, The Politic and Yale’s South Asian Society, senior advisor to President Biden Neera Tanden spoke about her life in politics and the power of representation.

March 8, 2023

SARAH COOK
Arielle Baskin-Sommers announced as head of Silliman

The psychology professor will begin her five-year term as the head of Silliman College this July after serving as the interim head since July 2022.

March 7, 2023

SARAH COOK & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf shares perspective on faith and injustice at campus talk

Civil rights activist and former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf spoke at a lecture on Monday about his life and his approach to protesting racism and social inequality.

March 7, 2023

SARAH COOK & WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Howard Lamar, former president of Yale, dies at 99

Lamar, who is remembered by his colleagues as a “capacious thinker,” created a new understanding of American history through his study of the American West.

February 27, 2023

SARAH COOK & MIRANDA WOLLEN
Edon house put up for sale after lease battle

After a back-and-forth struggle for a lease, Edon’s house on 31 High Street has now been listed by Farnam Realty Group for $4.5 million.

February 24, 2023

SARAH COOK
Title IX office launches new website

In an email sent to faculty, staff and students on Feb. 22, the Title IX office announced the creation of a website which aims to bring together data and resources on sexual misconduct.

February 22, 2023

SARAH COOK, ANIKA ARORA SETH & MIRANDA WOLLEN
Remembering Garrett Woodard ’23

Family, friends and classmates of Garrett Woodard, who died last week, remembered his kindness and creativity.

February 21, 2023

SARAH COOK
Students express concern over academic accommodations for religious holidays

Several religious Yalies pointed to inconsistencies in the University’s accommodations for religious holidays, especially pointing to variance among deans.

February 16, 2023

SARAH COOK
Amended selection process underway for four Heads of College

In a more democratic selection process, four search committees are currently beginning work to choose the new Heads of College for Pierson, Benjamin Franklin, Trumbull and Silliman Colleges.

February 15, 2023

SARAH COOK
Students raise concerns about off-campus living cost amid Yale College housing shortage

Even as a new streamlined housing process takes effect this spring, students remain concerned about being pushed off campus and the costs it may bring, leading one Yale College Council Senator to propose a policy which would prioritize FGLI students in the housing process.

February 10, 2023