Benjamin Hernandez
Staff Reporter
benjamin.hernandez@yale.edu
Benjamin Hernandez covers Woodbridge Hall, the President's Office. He previously reported on international affairs at Yale. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, he is a sophomore in Trumbull College majoring in Global Affairs.
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BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & LAURA OSPINA
Yale to begin design for High Street pedestrianization

The University plans to start redesigning the street in the spring, though some New Haven residents have expressed concerns over Yale’s role in the new project.

February 16, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Student Advisory Council members reflect on presidential search committee report

The News spoke to the three ex-officio members and secretary of the Student Advisory Council, all of whom felt that the Search Committee’s email captured their report but noted its limitations in summarizing the 21-page report.

February 8, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Woodbridge Hall: the President’s office?

The Offices of the President and of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life have been situated on the first floor of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall since construction at the Schwarzman Center prompted relocation over five years ago.

February 8, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Internal presidential search report shows student opinions on free speech, diversity, mental health

The News obtained a copy of the complete Student Advisory Council report — finalized last week — the contents of which were summarized in an email sent to the Yale community by Senior Trustee of the Yale Corporation Joshua Bekenstein Monday morning.

January 30, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Corporation remains silent on presidential search, vetting process

In light of toppled leadership at Harvard and Penn — and after months of silence — Yale’s Presidential Search Committee has refused to disclose where it stands in its process.

January 29, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & YOLANDA WANG
Yale-grad, former MLB commissioner endows baseball coach position to memorialize father

The head coach position for the Yale baseball team was endowed by Francis “Fay” Vincent Jr. in honor of his father.

January 25, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Yale under investigation for ‘response to complaints of alleged discrimination,’ details unclear 

The United States Department of Education opened a Title VI Shared Ancestry investigation into Yale and four other schools, per the most recent listing of cases by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Yale officials did not clarify the details surrounding what they called the “one specific event” prompting the investigation.

January 24, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
ANALYSIS: What’s next for Yale’s presidential search?

Yale isn’t the only university looking for a new leader — and recent presidential turmoil across the country may be changing Yale’s search calculus.

January 22, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Harvard president resigns amid plagiarism, antisemitism controversies 

In a Tuesday statement to the Harvard community, Claudine Gay announced her immediate resignation as Harvard’s president. Her departure comes as she continues to face criticism for her responses during a Dec. 5 Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism as well as allegations of plagiarism.

January 2, 2024

YURII STASIUK, BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
City leaders, protest organizers condemn desecration of menorah during Saturday rally

After an individual lodged a Palestinian flag in a menorah on the New Haven Green during a protest on Saturday, city officials and faith leaders condemned the act as hateful — as did protest organizers and Yale in a University statement.

December 12, 2023

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Will Yale divest from weapons manufacturers?

Amid student demands that Yale divest from weapons manufacturers, University President Peter Salovey told the News that he would not intervene in the current process by suggesting that the Yale Corporation divest. He called the current process by the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility to revisit the University’s 2018 policy “robust” and said that he does not want to “prejudge the process.”

December 8, 2023