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JULIA BROWN & PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
SOM professor assembles special ‘crisis response’ CEO summit

On April 10, nearly 100 major chief executive officers participated in a special “pop up crisis response caucus” convened by Yale School of Management professor […]

April 18, 2021

SIMISOLA FAGBEMI
Yale Prison Education Initiative awarded $1.5 million Mellon grant

On April 15, the Yale Prison Education Initiative and the University of New Haven announced that they had received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from The […]

April 18, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
‘A top of the roller coaster moment’: How Yale admissions officers read nearly 47,000 applications in months

To evaluate this year’s unprecedented number of applications, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions brought in new hires and increased committee meetings. Yale’s admissions officers hunkered […]

April 18, 2021

ISABELLE QIAN
GSA elects new officers who want to increase focus on equity, transparency

Last week, Yale’s Graduate Student Assembly held its annual leadership elections, with Maria del Mar Galindo GRD ’22 and Da’Von Boyd GRD ’23 winning next […]

April 18, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
All Yale students can receive Pfizer vaccine at clinics starting this week

The University is launching  four student vaccination clinics that have the capacity to vaccinate all students by May 19, the last day of the spring […]

April 16, 2021

An up close of the sign of the Yale Health Center.
ROSE HOROWITCH & PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yale creates new principles for divestment from fossil fuels

After years of student advocacy for fossil fuel divestment, the University on Friday released more stringent principles for investment in the fossil fuel industry and […]

April 16, 2021

SIMISOLA FAGBEMI
Spring Muslim Leadership Lab cohort underway with programming

Each spring, the Muslim Leadership Lab — a Dwight Hall leadership program for self-identifying Muslims and their allies — selects a cohort of around 15 […]

April 16, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY & ZAPORAH PRICE
Three assistant professors join African American studies department, hiring searches continue

On the coattails of two senior faculty hires in African American studies, three additional scholars have received appointments in the department and will begin teaching […]

April 16, 2021

TALAT AMAN & ZAPORAH PRICE
Activists demand Yale professor Valerie Horsley resign from Hamden Legislative Council

Hamden and New Haven activists are demanding the resignation of Hamden Legislative Councilwoman and associate professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Valerie Horsley from […]

April 16, 2021

JULIA BIALEK
UP CLOSE | ‘Building the plane while we fly it’: Making student policy in a time of pandemic

After more than a year living in a world disrupted by COVID-19, administrators and student leaders reflect on how they have made student policy amid the uncertainty and challenges of the pandemic.

April 16, 2021

KERUI YANG
Admissions Office kickstarts second virtual Bulldog Days, new Yale & You program

To welcome the 2,169 students admitted during the 2020-2021 application season, the University kicked off this year’s Bulldog Days on April 7 and is planning […]

April 16, 2021