STUDENT LIFE
OLIVIA CYRUS
Class Day student performers highlight campus free speech and activism

Student performances at the Sunday event demonstrated the enduring significance of last year’s pro-Palestinian protests and ongoing campus free speech concerns to the class of 2025.

May 19, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
IN PHOTOS: Hats off: Class of 2025 celebrates with humor and fun

As the class of 2025 gathered on Old Campus for Sunday’s Class Day ceremony, tradition was on full display with fun, colorful hats bobbing above the crowd of seniors.

May 19, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
IN PHOTOS: Hats off: Class of 2025 celebrates with humor and fun

As the class of 2025 gathered on Old Campus for Sunday’s Class Day ceremony, tradition was on full display with fun, colorful hats bobbing above the crowd of seniors.

May 19, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Af-Am House celebrates Black graduates in Woolsey Hall

Black graduates gathered on Saturday afternoon for the House’s 26th stoling ceremony, even after Harvard scrapped affinity group celebrations under financial pressure from the Trump administration.

May 18, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Recent student activism focused on endowment, Supreme Court

At Yale, the class of 2025 joined campus protests on reproductive rights, climate change and global conflict.

May 18, 2025

AIDEN ZHOU
The class of 2025: By the numbers

The News’ data desk conducted a survey to learn about the class of 2025’s experiences at Yale and what their futures may hold.

May 17, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Graduating in the Trump era — again: seniors reflect on political coming-of-age in a time of polarization

Members of the class of 2025 recount how Trump’s presidencies shaped their worldviews and what it means to enter adulthood under his shadow once more.

May 17, 2025

MICHELLE SO & KIVA BANK
Class of 2025 enlarged by students who took COVID gap years

Graduating seniors reflect on the experience of postponing their matriculation or taking time off — due to the pandemic or other reasons.

May 17, 2025

KALINA BROOKFIELD
Graduates saw virus policies wane and waver

The largest senior class’s experience at Yale was significantly affected by the fallout from COVID-19, even past the peak of the pandemic.

May 17, 2025

FABEHA JAHRA
MENA advocates reflect on successful push for a cultural space

From a vision to a suite, and now a movement — students and alumni reflect on six years of advocacy for Yale’s Middle Eastern and North African community.

May 17, 2025

JERRY GAO & HENRY LIU
Flurry of campus construction projects finished over four years

The campus has changed considerably in the class of 2025’s time here, as Yale has completed multiple major projects that began with donations in the 2010s.

May 17, 2025