POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
HENRY LIU & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Heather Gerken departing Law School to lead Ford Foundation

Students and faculty praised the Yale Law School dean’s responses to challenges and controversies and reflected on her kindness and legacy.

July 2, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & HENRY LIU
Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike

The University will implement a 90-day hiring pause alongside other financial constraints as it navigates financial uncertainty in anticipation of a potential increase in the endowment gains tax.

July 1, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yale concludes DEI initiative as scheduled, scrubs website

University leaders announced Thursday that the five-year “Belonging at Yale” initiative had finished as planned. The program’s website, once filled with diversity-related resources, became largely inaccessible.

June 27, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Yale Corporation picks new trustee, names next senior trustee

Consumer Reports leader Marta Tellado GRD ’02 succeeds Joshua Bekenstein ’80 as senior trustee, while Yale Investments committee member Carter Simonds ’99 joins the Yale Corporation.

June 24, 2025

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.

June 17, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU
Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

Students are hosting a press conference with Connecticut senators and lobbying against a Republican budget proposal that could significantly increase taxes on universities’ endowments.

June 11, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Yale soon to sell nearly $3 billion in private equity

The University has claimed that its first-ever sale on the secondaries market is a portfolio “cleanup” rather than a shift in investment strategy, as it navigates slowing returns in the private equity market.

June 11, 2025

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

On Monday, Yale and 23 peer universities filed an amicus brief supporting Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services.

June 10, 2025

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

The Office of International Students and Scholars advised students to submit visa applications as soon as possible and recommended students evaluate their digital footprints hours before the secretary of state announced plans to revoke visas from Chinese students.

May 29, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
McInnis defends academic freedom, rallies alumni in reunion address

University President Maurie McInnis’ speech followed an alumni gathering defending academic freedom and opposing the House’s proposal for an endowment tax hike.

May 26, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Alumni elect Microsoft AI leader to Yale Corporation

Jaime Teevan ’98, Microsoft’s Chief Scientist and GPT-4 integrator, will bring tech expertise to Yale’s Board of Trustees, McInnis said in her reunion address.

May 26, 2025