STUDENT LIFE
CAROLINE CHEN
YHHAP “loses out” when confronting remote operations

In compliance with University and Dwight Hall policies, YHHAP will operate remotely, a decision that makes service to the community more difficult than before.

February 4, 2022

PALOMA VIGIL
Jewish alumni raise concern that Commencement ceremony is scheduled on Shabbat

Alumni have expressed concerns that they must choose between celebrating religion and their time at Yale.

February 4, 2022

ALESSIA DEGRAEVE & LUCY HODGMAN
Record number of students participate in virtual sorority rush

Yale’s four sororities host their second consecutive year of virtual rush, welcoming a record number of prospective members.

February 3, 2022

MIRANDA WOLLEN
Yale’s dining halls reopened after weeks of grab and go

On Friday, Jan. 28, dining halls in all of Yale’s residential colleges resumed service for the semester, and all 14 made the transition back to in-person dining on Monday.

February 1, 2022

SERENA PUANG
‘I had to choose between my education and my safety’: How Yale’s withdrawal and reinstatement policies leave students no choice but to stay

Whether because of specific University policies, failure to communicate these policies to students or longstanding rumors, many students feel they have no choice but to remain enrolled at Yale, even when it might not be in their best interest.

February 1, 2022

SANCHITA KEDIA
New Haven and Yale community discuss rising meat prices

Biden’s meat packing initiatives are a step in the right direction, but they leave much to be desired, animal rights activists and local chefs say.

February 1, 2022

MICHAEL NDUBISI
Unsafe in the classroom: pandemic remains a threat for Yale’s immunocompromised students

As Yale College plans to resume in-person dining Monday and in-person classes next week, some immunocompromised students fear for their safety and feel they are being left behind in Yale’s policy making decisions.

January 31, 2022

JULIA WOJTKOWSKI
Zooming into the spring semester

As the first week of online classes comes to a close, students and professors reflect on the Zoom-based opening to the spring semester.

January 31, 2022

LUCY HODGMAN
Dining halls resume indoor dining as administrators express optimism about COVID-19 numbers

Dining halls will transition from grab-and-go to dine-in service on Monday, a decision that Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd said came “earlier than expected.”

January 31, 2022

YEJI KIM
A look inside the Tina E. Yeh Fellowship, which supports AAPI advocacy work

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni is once again offering a fellowship centered around Asian American community service in remembrance of former student Tina E. Yeh.

January 28, 2022

CAROLINE CHEN
Dwight Hall to continue operating remotely through the spring

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Dwight Hall will continue to hold its community outreach initiatives in a remote format, a move that student leaders expressed dissatisfaction with.

January 28, 2022