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JULIA BIALEK
Changes to Credit/D/Fail system help first years, relieve academic pressure

Starting in the 2020-2021 academic year, Yale College changed its regulations regarding the use of the Credit/D/Fail option for undergraduate students — and many of those […]

February 3, 2021

ALICE AO
As the spring semester begins, first years scatter

Historically, Yale’s first years have been required to live on campus — but now, due to Yale’s de-densified campus plan, the vast majority of them […]

February 3, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Equity versus efficiency: Skirting state guidelines, Yale vaccinates all medical students regardless of patient contact

The University is using vaccines allocated by the state of Connecticut to immunize all medical students, even those removed from patient contact, in Phase 1a […]

February 3, 2021

EMILY TIAN
For some students, taking a leave of absence also takes away healthcare

The financial aid package Alejandro Ortega ’23 received from Yale did not just support his enrollment. He also gained health insurance — for the first […]

February 3, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Despite higher case counts, orange alert level unchanged since November

As students start the spring semester, local coronavirus infection rates are so high that they might have moved Yale to a red alert on its […]

February 3, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
College Board announces end to SAT Essay and subject tests, will affect Yale College admissions

The College Board — the testing nonprofit that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement exams — announced on Jan. 19 that it will no longer […]

February 2, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
FAFSA changes simplify Yale financial aid process

The most recent federal stimulus package includes sweeping changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, that Yale admissions and financial aid […]

February 1, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY
Beloved DUS, lecturer and Office of LGBTQ resources leader Andrew Dowe dies at 34

Andrew Dowe, lecturer and director of undergraduate studies of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and associate director of the Office of LGBTQ Resources, died unexpectedly […]

February 1, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY
Alfred Hitchcock, quantum mechanics and cross-disciplinary collaboration at Yale: New bridge courses debut this semester

While physics professors at Yale might normally teach quantum mechanics with the aid of diagrams, equations and textbooks, students can now learn these topics with […]

February 1, 2021

JULIA BROWN
YLS, SOM co-host first conference on Big Agriculture

Nearly 800 students, professors, policy experts and farmers gathered over Zoom on Jan. 16 to attend Yale’s first conference to explore the growing influence and […]

January 31, 2021

SHARLA MOODY
Two Yale students, three alums become Schwarzman Scholars

Current Yale students Milan Vivanco ’21 and Trent Kannegieter ’21 as well as alumni Alexander Crich ’19, Mikaela Rabb ’18 and Harry Seavey ’19 received […]

January 31, 2021