GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
MEGAN VAZ
Union Yes: Local 33’s three-decade road to recognition

Following Local 33’s election victory, the News tracks the union’s 33 years of organizing, speaking to organizers from every chapter of the union’s history.

January 30, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ
U.S. News rankings to be modified, Yale Law doubles down on withdrawal

Following Yale Law School’s withdrawal from the U.S. News rankings in Nov. 2022, which spurred 6 other elite law schools to follow suit, U.S. News published an open letter pledging to make changes to its criteria.

January 23, 2023

BRIAN ZHANG
“Today, I am Dr. Hamid”: School of Medicine faculty protest against executions of Iranian protesters

On Dec. 15, faculty members at the Yale School of Medicine stood in blindfolds to amplify the story of a doctor who was believed to be executed for attending an anti-government protest.

January 16, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ & BRIAN ZHANG
Navigating financial aid as an FGLI Student at Yale’s graduate and professional schools

What does the graduate school experience look like for first-generation, low-income students at Yale?

December 9, 2022

MIRANDA WOLLEN
GPSS passes resolution supporting Iranian protesters

On Dec. 1, the Graduate & Professional Student Senate passed a resolution condemning Iranian government violence in the face of civil protest. The statement was passed in solidarity with MENA, PSA and YCC.

December 8, 2022

MEGAN VAZ
Graduate and professional workers vote on unionization

Graduate and professional students headed to the polls on Wednesday and Thursday to decide whether they may form a union. Results will be announced in January.

December 2, 2022

INES CHOMNALEZ
Yale Law student wins public policy scholarship

Eric Jjemba is one of six recipients of the Ally Financial Law and Public Policy Scholarship.

December 2, 2022

MEGAN VAZ & MIRANDA WOLLEN
Grad students head to the polls today and tomorrow. What would a recognized union look like?

Yale’s graduate and professional student workers will vote in a federal unionization process this week, with results expected in January.

November 30, 2022

OLIVIA LOMBARDO & BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Jackson launches five-year B.A.-B.S./M.P.P. program for undergraduates

Current Yale College juniors will be eligible to apply for Jackson’s five-year B.A.-B.S./M.P.P. program in the spring.

November 29, 2022

INES CHOMNALEZ
Buckley Program to host judges boycotting Yale Law School

Judges James C. Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who said they will bar future Yale Law graduates from their clerkships, will come to campus on Wednesday for a conversation on free speech.

November 27, 2022

INES CHOMNALEZ
With LSAT in limbo, Yale Law students divided on test’s merits

In February, the American Bar Association will vote on whether or not to continue their LSAT requirement for law school accreditation. At Yale Law, some students fear it will mean less egalitarian admissions.

November 27, 2022