POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
ROSE HOROWITCH
Yale selects Matthew Mendelsohn ’07 to lead its Investments Office

Mendelsohn will succeed David Swensen GRD ’80, who had served as Mendelsohn’s mentor since 2007.

August 26, 2021

JULIA BIALEK & ROSE HOROWITCH
University announces masking, testing and other public health measures for fall semester

As more than 80 percent of Yale community members have documented full vaccination and the Delta variant leads to mushrooming COVID-19 case counts nationally and in New Haven, the University is updating its public health protocols.

August 9, 2021

Cassidy Arrington
ROSE HOROWITCH
David A. Thomas ’78 GRD ’86 to serve as Yale’s newest Alumni Fellow

Thomas defeated Victor Ashe ’67, a petition candidate who ran on a platform of increased transparency in the election process.

May 25, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Outraged and offended: Corporation cuts petition process, alumni react

The process, which has been in place since 1929, was increasingly used to push Yale for change.

May 25, 2021

A boardroom
ROSE HOROWITCH
Three petition candidates announce bid for Yale Corporation seat

Three candidates — Andrew Lipka ’78, Gail Lavielle GRD ’81 and Zoraya Hightower ENV ’16 — will run for the alumni fellow position in the 2022 election.

May 24, 2021

Headshots of the three candidates
ROSE HOROWITCH
Yale mandates vaccinations for faculty, staff and postdoctoral trainees

The University navigates legal and public health considerations to require vaccination by Aug. 1.

May 14, 2021

The front of Sterling Library from Cross Campus.
AMELIA DAVIDSON
Yale student groups may act as intervenors in affirmative action case

Hillel Student Board members say that the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is building a coalition of Yale student groups to intervene in Students For Fair Admissions’ lawsuit regarding Yale’s affirmative action practices. So far, Yale Hillel and the Black Student Alliance at Yale plan to get involved.

May 11, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
University expands vaccines that fulfill student mandate, continues discussions on including faculty and staff

Yale navigates legal and public health concerns with potential faculty and staff vaccine mandate.

May 6, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
UP CLOSE | The administrative tightrope: Inclusion, tradition and discourse at Yale

In October 2020, the University launched its belonging initiatives with an aim to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at Yale. Several months later, Yalies have mixed opinions on their staying power.

May 5, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN
All Ivy League student body presidents sign resolution calling for fossil fuel divestment

On April 22, all eight Ivy League student body presidents signed a joint resolution calling on Ivy League institutions to cut all financial ties with fossil fuel companies.

May 4, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
UP CLOSE | A look inside Yale’s community college transfer process

As Yale emphasizes its commitment to accepting community college transfers, student interviews reveal an often difficult transition period — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 3, 2021