STUDENT LIFE
BRIAN ZHANG
FGLI faculty to mentor students in revived campus program

Campus student groups are joining together to restore a program that connects low-income students to faculty members from similar backgrounds.

February 17, 2023

JAMES STEELE & VALERI VANKOV
OCS releases activities report for the summer of 2022

The new report shows the internships, lab work and study abroad programs that Yale Students took on last summer.

February 17, 2023

SARAH COOK
Students express concern over academic accommodations for religious holidays

Several religious Yalies pointed to inconsistencies in the University’s accommodations for religious holidays, especially pointing to variance among deans.

February 16, 2023

BRIAN ZHANG & JANALIE COBB
Students push for guaranteed religious accommodations as new housing process takes effect

The new Yale College housing process prevents students from posing requests for religious and cultural accommodations to their respective residential college deans or chaplain’s offices.

February 16, 2023

BEN RAAB
Students vie for tour guide positions

The Yale admissions office opened up spring applications for campus tour guides — and has already received hundreds of applications.

February 15, 2023

SARAH COOK
Amended selection process underway for four Heads of College

In a more democratic selection process, four search committees are currently beginning work to choose the new Heads of College for Pierson, Benjamin Franklin, Trumbull and Silliman Colleges.

February 15, 2023

ANIKA SETH & BRIAN ZHANG
South Asian Youth Initiative Conference returns to Yale

The 2023 South Asian Youth Initiative Conference, or SAYI, featured performances, panels, speeches and meals that celebrated South Asian identity and diversity.

February 14, 2023

JANALIE COBB & BRIAN ZHANG
YCC extracurricular grant sparks conversation on club accessibility for FGLI Students

A $10,000 Yale College Council grant for first generation, low income students covers extracurricular-related expenses not accommodated for by the University Safety Net program.

February 10, 2023

ANIKA SETH & JOSHUA ZHANG
Muslim Students Association and Yale Women’s Center celebrate World Hijab Day

Students from Yale’s Muslim Students Association worked with the Yale Women’s Center to set up a booth on Cross Campus for World Hijab Day on Feb. 1.

February 10, 2023

MIRANDA WOLLEN
“Embrace your obstacles” says Yale’s resident Ninja Warrior

David Fleming ’26, a Morse College first year slated to compete on American Ninja Warrior this coming spring, sat down with the News to discuss his journey to internationally-televised ninjadom.

February 8, 2023

EVAN GORELICK & JANALIE COBB
Students vote overwhelmingly in support of democratizing trustee elections

In last week’s YCC referendum, almost 90 percent of students voted in favor of democratization, although turnout was relatively low.

February 8, 2023