Yale Daily News

In the on-again-off-again cycle of mental health advocacy at Yale, the death of a student has once again thrust the University into a period of intense conversation about how students with mental illnesses fare here, and led some to wonder what will transform conversation into action.

February 12, 2015

As the University prepares for the opening of two new residential colleges — and does so with a host of new administrators just settling into their jobs — an internal examination of the Yale College Dean’s Office aims to more clearly define administrators’ roles in a period of institutional change.

February 11, 2015

The expenses of being a full-time Yale student are well known, ranging from tuition to textbooks to meal plans. But for some students who withdraw from the University, a less expected, heavier financial burden awaits.

February 5, 2015

The past two years have seen a significant increase in the percentage of calls for medical transport in alcohol-related emergencies that are made by students.

February 4, 2015

In the past year, three top administrators have decided to say goodbye to the institution to which they have each dedicated four decades of their lives.

February 2, 2015

Yale has signed up to participate in a nationwide survey about sexual assault in higher education — one of the largest such polls in history.

January 30, 2015

Hours before Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway informed the campus community of the death of Luchang Wang ’17, the student herself had posted a suicide note on Facebook. In her message, she bid goodbye to her loved ones and to Yale.

January 29, 2015

As news spread of the death of Luchang Wang ’17 Tuesday evening, classmates, friends and mentors remembered a young woman whose intellect was matched only by her compassion, whose care for her academic work ran as deep as her concern for the injustices she observed in the world around her. Wang died in an apparent suicide on Tuesday.

January 28, 2015

The Yale College Council has taken the first step toward turning its recommendations for financial aid reform into reality.

January 28, 2015

Over the course of four days last week, members of the Yale community received two emails from Yale Police Department Chief Ronnell Higgins reporting alleged instances of sexual assault on campus.

January 27, 2015

Authorities are investigating a Southern Connecticut State University student’s claim that she was raped by a Yale student last weekend.

January 26, 2015