Skakel McCooey
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BILL GALLAGHER & SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Meredith worked as a cooperating witness since April 2018

Rudy Meredith — the former Yale women’s soccer head coach who was federally charged in an admissions scandal — worked as a cooperating witness since April 2018 while coaching the soccer team through a recruiting process and soccer season.

March 13, 2019

BILL GALLAGHER & SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Admissions scandal implicates Yale soccer coach

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced that they charged nearly 50 people, including celebrities and university coaches, with paying or accepting bribes to help admit applicants to elite universities, including Yale.

March 12, 2019

SKAKEL MCCOOEY & SAMUEL TURNER
Former AG Holder advocates for court packing at YLS event

Former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder advocated for Supreme Court packing at a Yale Law National Security Group conversation Thursday afternoon, according to three students […]

March 8, 2019

LINDSAY DAUGHERTY & SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Nine Yale alumni chosen for Whitney Biennial

The work of nine Yale graduates will be displayed in the 79th Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City […]

March 7, 2019

SKAKEL MCCOOEY & ASHA PRIHAR
Bass shares renovation details

A month after library administrators adjusted Bass Library renovation plans in response to outcry from students and faculty, University Librarian Susan Gibbons announced updates on the project’s progress Wednesday afternoon.

March 7, 2019

SKAKEL MCCOOEY & SAMUEL TURNER
Students, alumni convene for networking and leadership workshops

Amid low temperatures and an impending snow storm, approximately 65 Yale students and affiliates attended a leadership seminar this weekend hosted by Careers, Life and […]

March 5, 2019

SKAKEL MCCOOEY & ASHA PRIHAR
SUN townhall discusses student effort

Students shared personal stories of the hardships they said they endured because of the student effort portion of financial aid during a Students Unite Now town hall on Thursday.

March 1, 2019

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SKAKEL MCCOOEY & ASHA PRIHAR
Affirmative action expert talks holistic admissions

Yale’s cultural centers hosted an event called “Facts Not Fiction: Affirmative Action, College Access, and Diversity.”

February 28, 2019

SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Two Yalies win Gates-Cambridge scholarship

Valentine’s Day is not always one to remember, but it was this year for two Yalies — Fernando Rojas ’19 and alumnus Dhruv Nandamudi ’18 […]

February 26, 2019

SERENA CHO & SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Analysis: Breaking down the Student Income Contribution

Members of Students Unite Now have long advocated for Yale to eliminate the student effort portion of financial aid, colloquially known as the student income contribution.

February 25, 2019

SERENA CHO & SKAKEL MCCOOEY
Polak chastises faculty for “verbal abuse”

Provost Ben Polak noted that he recently became aware of several incidents of verbal abuse from faculty members directed at University staff and condemned the “abusive or threatening behavior.”

February 25, 2019