POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
ROSE HOROWITCH
Funding the sciences at Yale: In the University’s quest to catch up its peers, what is the cost?

Though Yale initially froze faculty searches and salaries and is budgeting a $27 million operating deficit for the 2021 fiscal year, which ends on June […]

February 10, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Administrators weigh options for a “new normal” fall term, predict all students will return to campus

Yale administrators are drawing up multiple contingency plans for the fall 2021 semester as they begin to look past a year thrown in flux by […]

February 9, 2021

JULIA BIALEK
Yale College announces anticipated plan for summer 2021 travel

Yalies may be able to travel abroad again in summer 2021 — although not through Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad. In an email to Yale […]

February 7, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
With launch of Jackson School approaching, faculty question University’s direction

The Jackson Institute, currently slated to become the University’s 15th school, is a new foray for Yale. It does not fit squarely into the mold […]

February 5, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Salovey: Yale will not rename Schwarzman Center despite criticism from faculty post-election

Stephen Schwarzman ’69, chief executive officer of Blackstone and loyal donor to former President Donald Trump and Yale, will soon formally have his name emblazoned […]

February 3, 2021

GRACE ZHANG
Four more Yale alumni appointed to Biden’s cabinet

The list of Yale alumni in the Biden administration continues to grow, with four new names added to the list in recent weeks. Two Yale […]

February 3, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
Biden DOJ drops Yale admissions lawsuit

On Wednesday afternoon, the United States Department of Justice dropped its lawsuit against Yale, which was originally filed in October by then-President Donald Trump’s DOJ […]

February 3, 2021

THOMAS BIRMINGHAM & ROSE HOROWITCH
Elicker, Salovey split over Yale’s responsibility to resolve city budget crisis

As the wealth disparity between the University and its home city grows, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and University President Peter Salovey are locked in […]

February 3, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Equity versus efficiency: Skirting state guidelines, Yale vaccinates all medical students regardless of patient contact

The University is using vaccines allocated by the state of Connecticut to immunize all medical students, even those removed from patient contact, in Phase 1a […]

February 3, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
College Board announces end to SAT Essay and subject tests, will affect Yale College admissions

The College Board — the testing nonprofit that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement exams — announced on Jan. 19 that it will no longer […]

February 2, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
FAFSA changes simplify Yale financial aid process

The most recent federal stimulus package includes sweeping changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, that Yale admissions and financial aid […]

February 1, 2021