Sophie Sonnenfeld
Staff Reporter
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Sophie Sonnenfeld was Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. Before that, she served as the News' City Editor and covered cops and courts as a beat reporter. She also laid out the weekly print edition of the News as a Production & Design Editor. Sophie is pursuing a double major in political science and anthropology.
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SOPHIE SONNENFELD & YASH ROY
Civilian Review Board presents NHPD with police conduct recommendations

A city task force that has sifted through hundreds of internal department cases recommends that the police chief ban or address head punching, careless use of profanity and congratulatory rhetoric. recommending that

November 7, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
PETA “abducts” Yale students for VR experience to protest animal research

The animal rights organization invited passersby along York Street to jump in their “abduction” van and put students in the shoes — or paws — of the animals used in University research labs.

October 27, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Ahead of autopsy report, details in Anton Sovetov case remain murky

With a lack of footage, unfounded theories and muddled timelines, the disappearance and death of Yale graphic designer and Art School alum Anton Sovetov remain a mystery.

October 18, 2022

KAYLA YUP & SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Yale New Haven Hospital System acquires three more hospitals

The system has now signed a $400 million agreement to acquire three hospitals as it faces a second year of historic deficit.

October 17, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
One year later, YPD confirms new details in Kline Biology Tower hate-based graffiti case

A year after racist and antisemitic graffiti was discovered inside Yale’s Kline Biology Tower, the Yale Police Department has revealed insight as to how they conducted their investigation to arrest the vandals.

October 11, 2022

YASH ROY & SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Police release photos of alleged York Street hate crime assailants

Yale and New Haven police continue to search for individuals they believe attacked a Latino man outside Davenport College in September.

October 2, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Shot fired near Toad’s Place

A large group was arguing on York Street early Saturday morning when one person drew a gun, fired a single shot and jumped into a car to flee.

October 1, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Steam explosion at Peabody Museum traced to pipe leak

A steam pipe valve leak Tuesday morning caused an eruption of steam and sulfuric smells.

September 28, 2022

YASH ROY & SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Randy Cox sues city for $100 million, Elicker open to settling

Alleging violations of his civil rights, New Havener Randy Cox is suing the city for $100 million in damages after he was paralyzed in police custody in June.

September 27, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Man pleads guilty to distributing nearly 600 grams of fentanyl

Undercover FBI investigators met with the man multiple times earlier this year and purchased nearly 300,000 potentially lethal doses of the synthetic opioid.

September 22, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Riots, fires and redevelopment: town-gown relations in the News of the 1950s

In a photo on the front page of the Oct. 13, 1958 edition of the Yale Daily News, professor Rollin Osterweis, dressed in a suit […]

September 16, 2022