STUDENT LIFE
ASHER BOISKIN
YCC Senate to meet behind glass as new speaker stresses transparency

Alex Chen ’28, a sophomore recently elected as the Yale College Council Senate speaker, said he plans to implement reforms to increase senators’ transparency and their interactions with administrators.

August 29, 2025

JERRY GAO & BAALA SHAKYA
Yale ends free Adobe Creative Cloud access

Students and faculty across design-oriented disciplines say the software is essential and fear the move signals deeper cuts to the University’s creative resources.

July 26, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yale concludes DEI initiative as scheduled, scrubs website

University leaders announced Thursday that the five-year “Belonging at Yale” initiative had finished as planned. The program’s website, once filled with diversity-related resources, became largely inaccessible.

June 27, 2025

JAEHA JANG
Student visa applicants urged to review social media posts, make accounts public

Yale’s Office of International Students and Scholars recommended that student visa applicants change their social media privacy settings to “public” and evaluate their digital footprint, in anticipation of new government preferences.

June 20, 2025

NORA MOSES
Students, lawmakers speak out against Trump tax bill at Washington press conference

On Thursday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, Rep. Jim Himes, and students from Yale and other universities warned that the bill’s proposed cuts and endowment tax would threaten access to higher education.

June 13, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & HENRY LIU
Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

Students are hosting a press conference with Connecticut senators and lobbying against a Republican budget proposal that could significantly increase taxes on universities’ endowments.

June 11, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Next year, no meal swipes in Commons, more swipes in colleges

Yale Hospitality announced that two popular lunch spots will no longer accept standard meal swipes — though all meal plans will now feature “points” to be spent at dining locations other than the residential colleges.

June 2, 2025

JAEHA JANG
OISS updates guidance for international students as U.S. pauses student visa interview scheduling

The Office of International Students and Scholars advised students to submit visa applications as soon as possible and recommended students evaluate their digital footprints hours before the secretary of state announced plans to revoke visas from Chinese students.

May 29, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Hunger strike ‘for Gaza’ ended after 10 days

Citing declining health and administrative inaction, student protesters announced the end of the strike on Friday, May 23.

May 25, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Student groups mobilize after McInnis calls for action against tax bill 

Following McInnis’s call to action, student Democrats, members of the Endowment Justice Collective and YCC leaders began immediate advocacy against a federal bill that would sharply increase the tax on Yale’s endowment.

May 24, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale awards 4,378 degrees in 324th Commencement

The University conferred 4,378 degrees upon graduating students from Yale College and the University’s 13 graduate and professional schools, as well as upon honorary recipients.

May 19, 2025