GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
ADAM WALKER
YLS program director resigns after acknowledging broached romantic relationship with student at Williams

Last week, Don Carlson, the former Executive Director of the Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School, resigned from his role after suspending his campaign for Rhode Island's first congressional district in late August.

September 15, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ADAM WALKER
Yale Law, College Dems host conversation with mayoral candidates

In a conversation hosted by the Yale Law School Democrats, mayoral candidates Justin Elicker and Liam Brennan sat down to discuss the impact of Yale’s continued acquisition of hospitals around New Haven.

September 11, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
“Environmental Justice” symposium takes on climate change, inequality

Attendees and presenters at the Yale Environmental Humanities program’s first symposium of the year looked at how the humanities are investigating climate change.

September 11, 2023

ADAM WALKER
‘A remarkable place’: inside the life of a YLS 1L

As Yale’s newest J.D. candidates begin law school, the News provides a glimpse into the social, academic and extracurricular lives of incoming 1L students.

September 6, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG
Divinity School renovations prepare to break new ground

Construction at the Yale Divinity School is gearing up to go green. Renovation of the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle entrance has been underway since July 14, […]

September 5, 2023

ESMA OKUTAN & JAMES STEELE
Yale creates new doctoral training program in quantum materials

A National Science Foundation award has enabled the School of Engineering & Applied Science to work toward the new interdisciplinary program.

September 1, 2023

MIRANDA WOLLEN
UP CLOSE: When graduate student-adviser relationships go awry

Advisers are graduate students’ lifelines at Yale: they provide guidance in academic and professional matters and boost students into their postgrad lives. But when these relationships turn sour, few resources exist for graduate students to equitably resolve faculty conflicts.

April 28, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ
State of Connecticut suspends commutation, YLS community responds

Commutation – the process through which incarcerated individuals apply to have sentences reconsidered – was indefinitely suspended by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles.

April 18, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ
YLS clinic files lawsuit against Department of Defense

Students in the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic are representing veterans who claim they were exposed to toxic substances during their service.

April 7, 2023

ABEL GELETA
Yale School of Management’s Black Business Alliance hosts inaugural Black Venture Summit

The inaugural Black Venture Summit promoted the next generation of diverse entrepreneurial and business leaders.

April 5, 2023

INES CHOMNALEZ
Graduate students develop system to reduce fine-only incarceration

Five students in the Yale Law School Strategic Advocacy Clinic were awarded $25,000 for their work on reducing incarcerations for failure to pay fines.

April 5, 2023