Yolanda Wang
Staff Reporter
yolanda.wang@yale.edu
Yolanda Wang covers Faculty and Academics as well as Endowment, Finances and Donations. Originally from Buffalo, NY, she is a junior in Davenport College majoring in political science.
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KAITLYN POHLY, YURII STASIUK & YOLANDA WANG
Yale refuses to divest from military weapons manufacturers amid student protests

On Wednesday afternoon, Yale announced that the endowment investment policy would be expanded to bar holdings tied to assault weapons manufacturers that retail to the general public. The University also announced that military weapons manufacturing does not meet the criteria for divestment.

April 17, 2024

NORA MOSES, ARIELA LOPEZ & YOLANDA WANG
Occupy Beinecke holds teach-ins, displays artwork   

On the second day of the organizers’ sit-in on Beinecke Plaza, students and faculty members hosted over 12 hours of events to call attention to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

April 17, 2024

BEN RAAB, YOLANDA WANG & LILY BELLE POLING
Students hold vigil for Palestine on Beinecke Plaza, forced to disperse under threat of police citation

A group of around 50 protesters was forced to disperse a Monday night pro-Palestinian demonstration on Beinecke Plaza under threat of police citation by Yale administrators, who declined to provide a reason or cite a policy for the intervention.

April 16, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Students continue hunger strike to demand University divestment from weapons manufacturing

As protesters concluded the fifth day of their hunger strike on Wednesday, they moved their tent from Cross Campus to Beinecke Plaza.

April 13, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
University does not commit to weapons divestment, students prepare to begin hunger strike

A group of about a dozen Yalies plan to begin a hunger strike on Saturday, April 13, as part of their continued effort to demand that Yale divest from military weapons manufacturers.

April 12, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Student coalition demands divestment from weapons manufacturers, threatens hunger strike

In a letter to Yale President Peter Salovey, a group of 12 students threatened to go on a hunger strike if the University does not announce divestment by the morning of Friday, April 12.

April 11, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Yale U.S.-China Distinguished Colloquium celebrates 45 years of formalized U.S.-China relations

The 2024 colloquium featured over 40 speakers and panelists in the fields of healthcare, finance, technology and more.

April 9, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Endowment Justice Coalition invites Yale Corporation to town hall, no trustees attend

The town hall called for divestment from military weapons manufacturing and reinvestment into the New Haven community and Yale student life on Wednesday.

April 8, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
 ‘A new world of genes’: School of Medicine Professor Haifan Lin receives prestigious Amory Prize

Lin, the founding director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was honored by American Academy of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine administrators at a formal ceremony on Tuesday.

March 29, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
EJC leaders organize cross-coalition protest calling for weapons divestment as investments review nears conclusion

The protest, which saw over 200 attendees from over 25 organizations across Yale’s schools and New Haven on Feb. 16, moved from Beinecke Plaza to in front of the Humanities Quadrangle, where Yale Corporation trustees held a private meeting.

February 20, 2024

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ, CONNOR ARAKAKI & YOLANDA WANG
Administration preps for creation of new space for Middle Eastern and North African students

After University President Peter Salovey promised the creation of a MENA space in December, administrators told the News that MENA students will have dedicated spaces, peer liaisons and an assistant director hired by the fall semester.

January 31, 2024