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Faculty uneasy about federal funding under Trump

Yale faculty members have mixed feelings about federal research funding under Donald Trump’s presidency. Many say the prospects for funding look bleak, while others are hopeful that Trump will be a boon for medical research.

November 18, 2016

BRITTANY SMITH

YCC faces administrative hurdles

The Yale College Council has made significant strides in its efforts to advocate seminar accessibility to sophomores and reforms in the Credit/D/Fail policy. Though the council has completed its reports for both projects in the spring, it has struggled to convince the administration to accept and implement its proposals.

November 18, 2016

LUKE CIANCARELLI

Admissions Office changes recruitment program

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is set to launch significant changes to its recruitment programming for admitted students this year, in order to cater to the larger size of the freshman class.

November 18, 2016

DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY

As Local 33 waits, Harvard holds union elections

Teaching and research assistants at Harvard University flocked to voting booths this week to cast their ballots in the first graduate student union election since the federal government opened a pathway to unionization at private universities in August.

November 18, 2016

RACHEL TREISMAN

Davenport head to step down after 16 years

Longtime Davenport Head of College Richard Schottenfeld will step down from his role at the end of June.

November 17, 2016

DANIELLA COHEN

Muslims at Yale unite against rising hate crime

The Yale Muslim Students Association is responding to the election of Donald Trump with a fundraiser to combat biases and bolster Yale’s Muslim community.

November 17, 2016

MARINA WILLIAMS

Students cope with higher stress levels

The past few weeks have taken an emotional toll on many Yale students, with turmoil both on campus and nationally.

November 17, 2016

RACHEL TREISMAN

New committee to consider 21st century teaching

Yale launched a new exploratory committee last week to examine the unique challenges and untried techniques of teaching undergraduates in the 21st century.

November 17, 2016

ANDREW BALLARD & KEVIN WANG

Academic performance unaffected by election, students say

Although some students expressed immediate distress and requested postponement of assignments and exams following the President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, the election did not hinder their academic performance, according to students and professors interviewed by the News.

November 17, 2016

AYLA BESEMER

Callahan adjusts to new operations VP role

In his third month on the job, Jack Callahan continues to find new responsibilities as Yale’s inaugural vice president for operations.

November 17, 2016

GRETCHEN KNAUT

YPU debate tackles religion in government

A Catholic leftist and a humanist secularist took opposite sides in a debate about religion and government hosted by the Yale Political Union on Tuesday night.

November 17, 2016

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