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BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS

Yale awards 4,378 degrees in 324th Commencement

The University conferred 4,378 degrees upon graduating students from Yale College and the University’s 13 graduate and professional schools, as well as upon honorary recipients.

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ISOBEL MCCLURE & JAKE ROBBINS

Yalies express pride in University’s move to legally back Harvard

Students voiced support for the University’s decision to file an amicus brief in one of Havard’s lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Student visa applicants urged to review social media posts, make accounts public

Yale’s Office of International Students and Scholars recommended that student visa applicants change their social media privacy settings to “public” and evaluate their digital footprint, in anticipation of new government preferences.

HENRY LIU & BAALA SHAKYA

Senators propose smaller endowment tax hike than House bill

The Senate Finance Committee’s Monday draft text for the Republican megabill reduces the top tax rate on universities’ investment returns to 8 percent, down from the 21 percent the House passed last month.

Student visa applicants urged to review social media posts, make accounts public

Students, lawmakers speak out against Trump tax bill at Washington press conference

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU

Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

Next year, no meal swipes in Commons, more swipes in colleges

OISS updates guidance for international students as U.S. pauses student visa interview scheduling

FACULTY & ACADEMICS

ORION KIM & DAVIS ZONG

Yale lab seeks new funders for research on kidnapped Ukrainian children

GPA cutoffs for Latin honors remain at record high

Endowment tax hike poses new risk to fields beyond science, professors say

IN PHOTOS: Commencement 2025

POLICY & ADMINISTRATION

HENRY LIU & BAALA SHAKYA

Senators propose smaller endowment tax hike than House bill

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU

Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

Yale soon to sell nearly $3 billion in private equity

In legal brief, schools argue research funding cuts will harm American innovation

EVENTS

Students, lawmakers speak out against Trump tax bill at Washington press conference

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU

Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

ORION KIM & DAVIS ZONG

Yale lab seeks new funders for research on kidnapped Ukrainian children

1,433 students sign letter urging Yale to publicly resist Trump

Saman Haddad LAW ’26 and Rosa Grijalva GRD ’28 win GPSS presidency, vice presidency

Yale Law Clinic represents 27 former senior government officials in amicus brief against Trump

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CourseTable grows in popularity, adds new features

Yale professors donated almost exclusively to Democrats in 2023

Administration preps for creation of new space for Middle Eastern and North African students

Internal presidential search report shows student opinions on free speech, diversity, mental health

Faculty and administration raise alarm on grade inflation, ‘no plans’ to change grading policy

Yale looks to continue buying carbon offsets since starting in 2020

State legislature to propose legacy admissions ban, Yale signals opposition

Right-wing Israeli politician Simcha Rothman visits Shabtai, ignites protest

Elliott Abrams explores American and Middle East dynamics with the Buckley Institute

Corporation remains silent on presidential search, vetting process

New course at SOM teaches Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence Models

Ruby Bridges addresses a packed Woolsey Hall for 2024 MLK Commemoration

Economics, political science classes see highest enrollments in spring 2024

Yale-grad, former MLB commissioner endows baseball coach position to memorialize father

Slifka Center celebrates Tu BiShvat on campus

“To empower Black voters in Alabama”: Law School event highlights significance of recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights

What DeSantis missed: students and faculty reflect on Ron DeSantis’ exit from the presidential race

Martin Luther King Jr. events bring programming to both Yale and New Haven

Yale will pay $18.5 million to settle price-fixing lawsuit, denies allegations of wrongdoing

Yale under investigation for ‘response to complaints of alleged discrimination,’ details unclear