Yale Daily News

The encampment began Friday, continuing a weeklong surge of protests on Beinecke Plaza in favor of military weapons divestment. Over 250 pro-Palestine protesters are occupying 40 tents on the plaza as of late Sunday night.

April 21, 2024

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

Yale President Peter Salovey said that the University “will pursue disciplinary actions according to its policies,” in reference to the ongoing encampment on Beinecke Plaza. He also wrote that there have been reports of “intimidation and harassment,” which he said Yale police are investigating.

April 21, 2024

Despite warnings of possible disciplinary action past 11:30 p.m. from administrators, pro-divestment protesters announced after midnight that there would be no arrests made. The encampment has expanded to 40 tents and will remain on Beinecke Plaza overnight.

April 20, 2024

Yale’s highest governing body gathered at the Greenberg Conference Center on Saturday. Trustees did not provide updates about the ongoing presidential search, which is in its eighth month. Protesters marched to confront the Corporation but narrowly missed trustees’ exits.

April 20, 2024

On Friday, over 400 people gathered on Beinecke Plaza to protest Yale’s military weapons investments as Yale trustees held a sendoff party for University President Salovey. The News followed the day live.

April 19, 2024

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

An annual drive to aid cancer treatments and a sit-in for Yale divestment from arms manufacturers were among the causes promoted on the central plaza on Wednesday.

April 18, 2024

A few hours before Yale announced that it would not divest from military weapons manufacturers, a group of University affiliates sent Yale President Peter Salovey a letter advocating in favor of such holdings — namely that they support Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

April 18, 2024

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

Yale Friends of Israel sought to reach current and newly admitted Jewish students during a week of heightened pro-Palestine protests.

April 17, 2024