STUDENT LIFE
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Yalies from China struggle to obtain visas, return to New Haven

Despite mounting U.S.-China tensions and roadblocks to obtaining visas, the University will not lend financial support for Chinese students in the visa process.

April 29, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY & KEVIN CHAN
As pandemic continues, cheating gains speed

The News conducted a survey of Yale undergraduates that showed approximately 50 percent of those who committed academic dishonesty did so for the first time during the virtual learning semesters.

April 28, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Events director candidate Diba Ghaed ’24

Ghaed is currently the YCC’s deputy director of the events committee and running for events director unopposed.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Ghaed in a blue top.
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: Presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23

Galal currently serves as a YCC senator and health and COVID-19 policy chair, and is running for president alongside vice presidential candidate Zoe Hsu ’24.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Galal wearing a white double-breasted suit jacket
JORDAN FITZGERALD
YCC election interview: VP candidate Zoe Hsu ’24

Hsu, who is currently a YCC senator, equity chair and Asian Affinity Network co-founder and co-leader, is running alongside YCC presidential candidate Bayan Galal ’23.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Hsu in a red shirt.
LUCY HODGMAN
YCC election interview: Presidential candidate Joaquín Lara Midkiff ’23

Lara Midkiff is currently a YCC senator and accessibility and disability policy chair, and is running for president alongside vice presidential candidate Jordi Bertrán Ramírez ’24.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Midkiff in a red shirt.
LUCY HODGMAN
YCC election interview: VP candidate Jordi Bertrán Ramírez ’24

The interview, with vice presidential candidate Jordi Bertrán Ramírez, was conducted by phone. Bertrán Ramírez is currently a YCC senator and sustainability co-chair, and is running for vice president alongside presidential candidate Joaquín Lara Midkiff ’23.

April 27, 2021

A portrait of Bertrán Ramírez
PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Seven Yale affiliates awarded Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

The new class of Yale college and graduate students join 26 other recipients of the highly competitive fellowship.

April 26, 2021

MARISSA BLUM
Yale College Council publishes first Sustainable Dining Report

This month, the Yale College Council released their much-anticipated 2020-2021 Sustainable Dining Report, which aims to provide insight into the past practices of Yale Dining and outline actionable recommendations that can be instituted within the next year.

April 25, 2021

A screenshot of the report shows on a computer screen.
HAMERA SHABBIR & ZHEMIN SHAO
OCS, coaches, athletic alums advise student-athletes on post-grad plans

Women’s basketball guard Ellen Margaret Andrews ’21 will be working for Teach for America in Newark, New Jersey this fall after participating in Division I basketball for four years and receiving advice from teammates, alumni, coaching staff and the Office of Career Strategy on her post-graduation plans.

April 25, 2021

An illustration of athletes wearing professional work outfits while still practicing their sports.
ZHEMIN SHAO
Two Yalies named Truman Scholars

On April 14, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation named two Yale College juniors — Alie Brussel Faria ’22 and Eli Sabin ’22 — among […]

April 20, 2021

A portrait of Sabin and Faria