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Yalies from China struggle to obtain visas, return to New Haven

Despite mounting U.S.-China tensions and roadblocks to obtaining visas, the University will not lend financial support for Chinese students in the visa process.

April 29, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY

Steven Wilkinson to serve as acting FAS dean of social science

Pending the approval of the Yale Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — at its June meeting, Steven Wilkinson will begin a one-year term […]

April 29, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY

UP CLOSE | ‘It’s hard to sustain your love for Yale when you feel like Yale doesn’t love you back’: Yale’s ‘second-class citizens’

Interviews with instructional faculty at Yale revealed a position that fares better than the national picture — but with much that can be improved.

April 29, 2021

JULIA BROWN

Birds continue striking windows across the University and New Haven

University and City officials explain the steps they are considering to prevent birds from crashing into windows, a ‘alarming’ ecological problem that requires immediate action.

April 28, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH

Yale Law School clinic to represent Latino workers in discrimination suit

Law students from the Workers and Immigrants Rights Advocacy Clinic spoke to the News about the case.

April 28, 2021

A person walks up stairs at the Law School

MADISON HAHAMY & KEVIN CHAN

As pandemic continues, cheating gains speed

The News conducted a survey of Yale undergraduates that showed approximately 50 percent of those who committed academic dishonesty did so for the first time during the virtual learning semesters.

April 28, 2021

MAYA GERADI & ZAPORAH PRICE

Yale SEAS announces diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging committee

In the coming months, the committee, which Miller is leading, will be reviewing individual DEI action plans provided by each department within SEAS in hopes of creating an integrated DEIB plan with action steps over the next five years.

April 28, 2021

JULIA BROWN

YLS students call on Biden to revise policy to help climate-displaced migrants

Students and legal experts released a 90-page report proposing legislation to support Central American migrants who were displaced due to climate change.

April 27, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH

Jackson Institute hosts third ‘Kurds in the Middle East’ event

The Jackson Institute convened a discussion of the current state of the Kurds in the Middle East from the perspective of two leading diplomats from the region.

April 27, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY & PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH

Faculty, students weigh in on weekly seminars

Students and faculty expressed mixed feelings about classes that are taught as weekly 110-minute seminars.

April 27, 2021

Looking down a Hillhouse Ave. sidewalk with sunlight filtering through the trees.

ALEX ORI

School of Management chef hosts cooking classes to increase engagement, create community

Assistant Director of the School of Management and Senior Executive Chef David Kuzma is trying to build a community among the students at SOM through virtual cooking classes.

April 27, 2021

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