POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
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
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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

ANASTASIA HUFHAM
Students weigh in on University food waste

In the wake of opulent holiday dinners, student activists suggest solutions for mediating food waste at the University.

December 10, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN
Students Unite Now marches for equitable COVID-19 recovery

Student advocacy group Students Unite Now gathered on Thursday to call for equity in the University’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 9, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
81 QuestBridge Scholars to join the class of 2026

Yale matches with second-highest number of QuestBridge finalists in partnership history.

December 8, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER & TIGERLILY HOPSON
‘I just want to go home’: Omicron variant casts doubt on international students’ travel plans

International students wrangle potential travel bans, quarantines and flight cancelations when making plans for winter recess.

December 7, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN & OLIVIA TUCKER
University ramps up testing requirements amid COVID-19 spike

Yale College has upped student testing requirements in response to 98 positive COVID-19 tests on campus between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3.

December 6, 2021