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 & KARLA CORTES
Salovey to visit Côte d’Ivoire, Hong Kong over spring break

President Salovey will visit Côte d’Ivoire and Hong Kong during the University’s two-week spring break to strengthen Yale’s international relationships.

March 8, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Yale pledges $10 million to strengthen partnership with HBCUs, faces NAACP criticism 

The University released a report last month acknowledging and apologizing for its ties to slavery, coupled with a set of proposed actions; the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP, however, criticized Yale’s initiative as well as the book published alongside the apology.

March 6, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Yale Press director to step down after two decades in role

Yale Press Director John Donatich will retire at the conclusion of the 2024-25 academic year, University President Salovey announced last Friday.

March 1, 2024

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ, BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & MOLLY REINMANN
Tuition hikes continue to outpace inflation, admin say financial aid rising concurrently

As costs rise by nearly 4 percent for the 2023-24 academic year, University administrators told the News that financial aid packages rise concurrently with tuition hikes, which were attributed to inflation.

March 1, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & BEN RAAB
Judge rules in favor of Yale Corporation’s right to end alumni petition process, alumni likely to appeal

The ruling stems from a March 2022 lawsuit alleging that the Corporation's termination of the petition process violates the terms of an 1872 amendment to Yale’s charter.

February 28, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Sterling’s Linonia and Brothers Reading Room to reopen in April after four years of renovation

After closing in 2020 due to poor ventilation concerns, the Linonia and Brothers reading room in Sterling Memorial Library will reopen to students on April 15, maintaining its historic appeal while adding modern heating, cooling and electrical systems.

February 23, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
Mental health ranks as top student concern in presidential search report

According to a report of over 1,800 student responses compiled by the Presidential Search Student Advisory Council, student mental health is Yale’s top challenge for its next leader.

February 22, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Yale apologizes for ties to slavery in new report, pledges list of actions

Alongside the release of history professor David Blight’s book on “Yale and Slavery: A History” on Friday, the University formally apologized for the role slavery played in the institution and its early leaders’ lives. In response, Yale has announced a set of actions, some of which were first announced in the previous two years, to acknowledge the school’s ties to the institution of slavery.

February 19, 2024

BEN RAAB & BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Faculty group calls on Yale to make teaching ‘distinct from activism’

The new initiative urges the University to adopt six new measures, which include more thorough protections on free speech, a commitment to institutional neutrality and new guidelines regarding donor influence.

February 19, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Yale trustees convene on campus for in-person meetings as presidential search continues

Before their third meeting of the year and five months since the University announced its ongoing presidential search, Yale Corporation members made their way to New Haven.

February 16, 2024

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Federal investigation into antisemitism at Yale based on November ‘Gaza under siege’ panel

Since first reporting on the matter, the News has confirmed that the investigation was sparked by a Dec. 5 complaint about a Nov. 6 panel discussion related to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

February 16, 2024