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Poster for Black Joy event burned

A poster for “Black Joy,” a School of Art event aimed at celebrating black arts and culture, was found burned on a bulletin board outside Sterling Memorial Library last Thursday.

Letter urges Yale to make campus a sanctuary

Since Thursday, more than 2,300 students and faculty members have signed a letter asking the University to declare the campus a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.

Seven Yale faculty inducted into honorary academy

Five Yale professors were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year.

Calhoun holds dining hall renaming ceremony

During the renaming ceremony for Calhoun College’s dining hall, now named in honor of Roosevelt Thompson ’84, former President Bill Clinton LAW ’73 made a surprise appearance in the form of a letter to University President Peter Salovey.

Otis Baker
Dinner celebrates junior faculty prizes

A celebratory Nov. 2 dinner at Zinc recognized economics professor Amanda Kowalski, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science Judy Cha and history professor Paul Sabin for their prize-winning work. Kowalski and Cha were each awarded the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication or Research in the natural or social sciences, and Sabin won the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication or Research by a junior faculty member.

Historians discuss election results

History professors Joanne Freeman, Beverly Gage ’94 and Glenda Gilmore addressed more than 200 students, faculty and local residents who packed into a lecture hall Wednesday night, many of whom stood in doorways or sat on the ground. Speakers discussed the implications of a Republican president, Congress and Supreme Court, and touched upon the significance of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

Election generates anger, confusion on campus

Bleary-eyed students walked to class Wednesday morning in various stages of emotional distress — some anxiously calling their families, others looking silently into the distance — on a surreal day at Yale.

Robbie Short
Students denied dean’s excuses in wake of election

A baffling conclusion to the 2016 presidential race left some students feeling too emotionally distraught to complete major exams and assignments, but student requests for […]

Ngan Vu
Faculty, admins process Trump victory

Headlines proclaiming the name of the newest president-elect greeted members of the Yale community Wednesday morning, ushering in a period of reflection on the election’s […]

Julia Henry
Panel addresses Trump, media and campus discourse

A conversation about democracy and the media drew a crowd of more than 300 students and faculty on Wednesday, the day after Donald Trump won an election characterized by insults on social media and dogged press coverage.

THROUGH THE LENS | Trump victory in New York City

Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton '73, receiving 279 electoral votes to Clinton's 228. Clinton, however, won the popular vote.