Yale Daily News

Amid student demands that Yale divest from weapons manufacturers, University President Peter Salovey told the News that he would not intervene in the current process by suggesting that the Yale Corporation divest. He called the current process by the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility to revisit the University’s 2018 policy “robust” and said that he does not want to “prejudge the process.”

December 8, 2023

In a Thursday statement to the News, Yale President Peter Salovey updated his response to a question asked to three peer presidents during the Tuesday Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism; he suggested in his full answer that calls for genocide of the Jewish people would violate Yale’s policies. Salovey’s response is more forceful than those of the three other presidents, whose institutions are now facing a Congressional investigation into campus antisemitism.

December 7, 2023

A Thursday morning email to the Yale community by University President Peter Salovey outlined a series of actions that Yale will take to address antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus. Among the actions is also the hiring of a second Muslim chaplain and the announcement of increased funding for kosher dining at Slifka.

December 7, 2023

University President Peter Salovey was not called to represent Yale in the hearing held by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, at which the presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT testified. He told the News that he does not know why he was not asked to testify.

December 7, 2023

A News survey and analysis of the backgrounds of Yale’s recruited athlete population found an overrepresentation of white and private-school students relative to the overall Yale College population.

December 5, 2023

On Dec. 1, protestors congregated outside Yale’s Schwarzman Center to demand that Yale withdraw its investments in holdings related to weapon manufacturing — emphasizing those supplying arms to Israel amid the war in Israel and Gaza.

December 4, 2023

After receiving permission from Pilar Montalvo, assistant vice president for university life, a student took down a banner that listed the names of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. Montalvo told the News there were “administrative errors” made in allowing the poster to go up and in authorizing the student to take it down.

December 4, 2023

During the morning of Friday, Dec. 1, students unfurled a 60-foot banner outside Woodbridge Hall ahead of the Yale Corporation’s scheduled visit to campus this weekend.

December 1, 2023

In a recent transaction, the University cemented its dominance on Broadway through the purchase of the adjacent buildings, which currently hold Campus Customs, Blue Jay Cleaners, Broadway Kitchen and other retailers.

December 1, 2023

Three Palestinian college students were shot in Vermont last week, amplifying fear and concerns among students on campus.

December 1, 2023

Publishing house W.W. Norton will take over fulfillment and sales from TriLiteral LLC for the Yale University Press for titles published starting January 2025.

December 1, 2023