POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
LUCY HODGMAN & TIGERLILY HOPSON
Salovey acknowledges Yale’s ties to slavery, pledges to increase payment to New Haven

In his keynote address for the Yale and Slavery conference, University President Peter Salovey formally recognized the University’s ties to slavery, announced a new memorial and spoke of an increase to Yale’s voluntary payment to New Haven.

October 29, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Yale College to eliminate student income contribution, expand financial aid

Yale will announce changes to its financial aid structure, including eliminating the student income contribution, expanding international tax policy and subsidizing child care.

October 29, 2021

ZHEMIN SHAO
“The tension is widespread”: Office of Development staffers speak out about work environment

Employees spoke of racial tensions, intrusive supervision and an overall unhealthy workplace culture.

October 28, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Alumni raise concerns that Trustees’ astronomical wealth skews priorities

Half of the Yale Corporation is made up by wealthy Wall Street and investment executives.

October 27, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Harvard students prohibited from staying in dorms over Yale-Harvard weekend

Neither university will coordinate alternative lodging for the game; some students say the policy disadvantages low-income peers.

October 27, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
University pushed Vermund out as School of Public Health Dean, school affiliates say

Vermund stepped down as School of Public Health Dean after Yale offered him a shortened three-year contract rather than a typical five-year contract.

October 26, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
Deans encourage faculty not to assign post-break work

Following student concerns over the impact of post-break assignments on mental health, Deans Chun and Gendler requested that faculty refrain from assigning work due immediately after October recess.

October 25, 2021

Photo of Marvin Chun.
LUCY HODGMAN & ISAAC YU
With $11.1 billion endowment growth, students and faculty call for revised funding priorities

After the University’s Oct. 14 announcement that its endowment had skyrocketed to $42.3 billion during the 2021 fiscal year, students and faculty weighed in on […]

October 20, 2021

OLIVIA TUCKER
University leaders reflect on pandemic policies

As temperatures dip and COVID-19 case rates uptick slightly, the Yale community is looking to University leaders for guidance on what pandemic policies might look […]

October 18, 2021

HANNAH QU & ANIKA ARORA SETH
Senior film majors frustrated by University policy requiring actors to be masked while shooting

Filmmakers at Yale are adding new props to their senior projects this year: masks. Based on University COVID-19 policy, all students participating in short films […]

October 18, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Students denounce Yale-affiliated lawyers for role in Sandy Hook suit

Yale students have called on the University to sever ties with Day Pitney LLP, a law firm that represents both Yale and Remington, a gun […]

October 15, 2021