POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
SARAH COOK & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Planning for net-zero Physical Sciences and Engineering Building speeds up in Yale’s science push

After being announced in Feb. 2020, planning for the Physical Science and Engineering Building, set to finish construction in 2027 is now further underway, as faculty committees evaluate equipment needs and impact on current buildings.

February 2, 2022

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH & ISAAC YU
Salovey to establish committee to ensure academic freedom in financial gifts

Following months of faculty pressure to protect academic freedom, Salovey will convene a committee to evaluate Yale’s current set of gift policies.

February 2, 2022

ALEX YE & CHARLOTTE HUGHES
ExxonMobil and Chevron deemed ineligible for Yale investment

The two oil giants were quietly added to a list of companies ineligible for Yale’s investment.

February 1, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale suspends campus tours until Feb. 21

Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Visitor Center cancels tours in light of visitor restrictions.

January 31, 2022

ALEX YE
Venture capital gains drive University’s endowment growth

Nearly a quarter of Yale’s endowment is invested in venture capital.

January 27, 2022

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yale’s COVID policies among the strictest in the Ivy League

While some Ivies have started their spring semesters in-person as planned, teaching at Yale remains online until Feb. 7, a move which University President Peter Salovey says was made out of concern for the New Haven community.

January 26, 2022

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Yale bars students from study abroad programs as Omicron cases spiked internationally

Students reflect on last minute cancellations for programs managed by the Center for International and Professional Experience.

January 26, 2022

CARTER DEWEES
Administrators answer students’ COVID-19 questions at YCC town hall

In a webinar, Yale administrators took students’ questions on a variety of topics related to COVID-19. They repeatedly emphasized their “risk budget” used to make decisions.

January 26, 2022

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Record number of prospective first-years apply to Yale

The office of undergraduate admissions will read through more than 50,000 applications to decide the class of 2026.

January 26, 2022

SARAH COOK
SPH Dean’s next venture to drive down treatment costs

With his extensive background in public health and epidemiology, School of Public Health Dean Sten Vermund has recently joined the Innovation and Public Health Advisory Council at biotechnology company Tevogen Bio, where he will join Ryan Saadi SPH ’95.

January 26, 2022

TIGERLILY HOPSON & SARAH COOK
Elizabeth Conklin takes over as Title IX Coordinator

On Jan. 1, Associate Vice President for Equity, Accessibility and Belonging Elizabeth Conklin assumed the role of Title IX coordinator, previously held by Dr. Stephanie Spangler.

January 26, 2022