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MADISON HAHAMY
New course on anti-racist education allows for collaboration with Connecticut teachers

While remote learning has, for some, led to Zoom-induced migraines and overloaded schedules, Yalies in associate professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Race and Migration […]

April 22, 2021

JULIA BROWN & ALEX ORI
17 Yale affiliates named to Biden SCOTUS commission

On April 9, President Joe Biden issued an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, a 36-person group […]

April 22, 2021

A view of the Supreme Court in the evening.
ROSE HOROWITCH
The future of faculty searches? MB&B Department implements new reforms that aim to increase diversity

Yale’s Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Department has no Black faculty members. It has never had any in the 52 years since its inception, according to […]

April 22, 2021

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH
Jackson Institute hosts second ‘Kurds in the Middle East’ event

On Tuesday, the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs hosted the second event in its four-part discussion series on the Kurds, entitled “Kurds in the Middle […]

April 21, 2021

A view of Horchow Hall from the side during the daytime.
SIMISOLA FAGBEMI
Cage-Free Cannabis, YUPP speaker series discusses marijuana reform in Connecticut

Throughout April, the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project is hosting a virtual speaker series in partnership with Cage-Free Cannabis — an organization that advocates for reparative, […]

April 20, 2021

An up close view of a marijuana leaf
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
AMELIA DAVIDSON
ANALYSIS: Examining Yale College’s application increase

Yale College’s record-setting application pool and ensuing record-low 4.62 percent acceptance rate can likely be attributed to factors such as test-optional admissions and virtual outreach […]

April 20, 2021

ZHEMIN SHAO
Four juniors receive Goldwater Scholarships

Four Yale College students have been named Goldwater Scholars, joining this year’s cohort of 410 winners from across the country. The Goldwater Scholarship — a […]

April 20, 2021

MICHAEL PAZ
YCC develops an LOA student database

On April 2, the Yale College Council launched an online database to help connect current students who are considering a leave of absence with those […]

April 20, 2021

The database appears on a computer screen.
LUCY HODGMAN
Disability advocates partner with Poorvu Center to compensate peer mentors

On April 6, the Yale College Council announced via social media that Disability Peer Mentors, who have previously worked on a volunteer basis, will now […]

April 20, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Yale to require COVID vaccines for students this fall, considering mandate for faculty, staff

Yale will impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all undergraduate, graduate and professional school students who return to campus next fall and is considering a […]

April 19, 2021