STUDENT LIFE
SEAN PERGOLA
YCC introduces new textbook stipend to improve Yale’s affordability

The Yale College Council has introduced a new stipend to make textbooks more affordable, but questions remain as to whether the measure provides any significant […]

April 6, 2021

AMELIA LOWER
Online but joyous: Yalies celebrate Holy Week and Easter Sunday

As spring has sprung in New Haven, many Yalies are enjoying more than just the daffodils scattering campus — the beginning of April has also been […]

April 4, 2021

MARISSA BLUM
Becton Center’s Ground Café sushi scores big with students

With many of Yale’s campus eating spots closed due to the pandemic, students have been forced to find new places to get a quick bite […]

March 29, 2021

A chef at the Ground Cafe makes sushi.
JORDAN FITZGERALD & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Mourning Our Losses honors over 2,800 lives lost behind bars during the pandemic

On Saturday afternoon, Mourning Our Losses, a national organization dedicated to honoring individuals who have died in prisons, held their second virtual vigil of the […]

March 28, 2021

SANCHITA KEDIA
Student groups hold vigil for victims of Atlanta spa shootings

Members of the Yale community convened online Tuesday to commemorate the lives lost in the March 16 Atlanta spa shootings, grieve together and empower one […]

March 26, 2021

A screenshot of the AACC vigil with the names and photos of some of the victims of the Atlanta shootings
NATALIE KAINZ & ZAPORAH PRICE
‘She was unapologetically herself’: Communities mourn Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum ’24

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a hotline for individuals in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. To speak with a certified […]

March 24, 2021

SIMISOLA FAGBEMI
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones visits Yale, Skull and Bones

On Monday afternoon, prominent alt-right radio host Alex Jones visited Yale to create content for his website InfoWars.com, a multimedia outlet known for spreading conspiracy […]

March 23, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD
Community and commercialization: amplifyHERscience brings female research out of the lab

Michelle McQueen, a communications officer for Yale’s Office of Cooperative Research, began working at the University in December 2019. That week, the office held its […]

March 21, 2021

SIMISOLA FAGBEMI
Elm City Speaks podcast spotlights service opportunities in New Haven

When the pandemic hit last year, Xiaoying Zheng ’22 and Max Ackerman ’22 — the Dwight Hall Outreach Ambassadors at the time — started thinking […]

March 19, 2021

A mockup of the Elm City Speaks podcast on a computer screen.
MARISSA BLUM
Yale hosts trans musicians in third installment of Yale Trans Visibility Series

Over forty students from across the country tuned into the third installment in the Yale Trans Visibility Series on Thursday night.  The event, which was […]

March 19, 2021

ZACH MORRIS
Yale was a top producer of Fulbright awardees during 2020-2021 cycle

The U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs released a ranking last month of higher education institutions that produced the most 2020-2021 […]

March 19, 2021