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Yale moves to orange alert level, sees highest single-day COVID case count

The shift from yellow to orange alert level comes in response to rising case counts on campus and in the surrounding community as well as lingering uncertainty about the Omicron variant.

December 19, 2021

ISAAC YU & LUCY HODGMAN

Yale moves finals online and allows students to leave campus early

Following on the heels of peer institutions, and after experiencing its largest single-day COVID-19 spike, the University has moved all remaining final exams online. In a Saturday night email, administrators expressed hope to start the spring term in person but urged students to bring home all essential items.

December 18, 2021

Natalie Kainz, Multimedia Managing Editor

ISAAC YU & LUCY HODGMAN

Harvard remote for first three weeks of January, Yale sees largest-ever single-day COVID spike

Yale’s COVID-19 dashboard was updated with almost double the number of positive cases on Dec. 15 than previously known.

December 18, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH

University implements booster requirement for spring term

The University will mandate that all students receive COVID-19 booster shots before returning to campus in the spring and that faculty and staff receive the shot as soon as they are eligible.

December 17, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN

Omicron variant detected at Yale, University moves to grab-and-go dining but proceeds with in-person exams

The University has decided to continue administering exams in person, despite the detection of the Omicron variant and increased demand for on-campus isolation housing that has caused the University to double-bunk students in quarantine.

December 15, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD

Yale accepts 10.9 percent of early action applicants

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions offered spots at Yale to 800 potential members of the class of 2026.

December 15, 2021

ISAAC YU

Departments play “musical chairs” across campus spaces

Over half of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have recently relocated, moved into renovated space or have plans to do so next year. The shuffling comes from a wave of large construction project completions around campus.

December 10, 2021