Yolanda Wang
Staff Reporter
yolanda.wang@yale.edu
Yolanda Wang reports for the Investigations desk. She previously covered Faculty and Academics as well as Endowment, Finances and Donations for the University desk. Originally from Buffalo, NY, she is a senior in Davenport College majoring in political science.
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YOLANDA WANG
ANALYSIS: How much does Yale invest in military weapons manufacturing?

Little information on the University’s investments is publicly available, yet the extent of Yale’s holdings in weapons manufacturing remains a longstanding source of student concern, particularly in the recent wave of mass protests.

April 29, 2024

YOLANDA WANG & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
Over 2,300 alumni, parents and students sign letter to withhold donations until Yale divests

In an April 19 letter to the Yale Corporation, signatories pledged to withhold donations until Yale divests from military weapons manufacturers and expressed solidarity with student protesters.

April 26, 2024

YOLANDA WANG
Pro-divestment students end eight-day hunger strike

While they have ended their hunger strike, the 14 students continue to express dissent toward the University’s investments in military weapons manufacturers.

April 21, 2024

YURII STASIUK, JANE PARK & YOLANDA WANG
Students react to Yale divestment decision

Students were split on the extent of Yale’s investment in weapons manufacturing, as well as Yale and the United States’ involvement in Israel’s military defense.

April 18, 2024

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