STUDENT LIFE
JULIA BIALEK
For first time since 2008, YCC, GPSS and GSA leaders all women

Currently, the three main student governing bodies within the University — the Yale College Council, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the Graduate Student […]

February 3, 2021

EMILY TIAN
Yale student employees adapt to pandemic, drop in job numbers

Many students who ordinarily held jobs on campus during the academic year as office receptionists, library assistants and dining hall workers saw their positions and […]

February 3, 2021

JULIA BIALEK
Changes to Credit/D/Fail system help first years, relieve academic pressure

Starting in the 2020-2021 academic year, Yale College changed its regulations regarding the use of the Credit/D/Fail option for undergraduate students — and many of those […]

February 3, 2021

ALICE AO
As the spring semester begins, first years scatter

Historically, Yale’s first years have been required to live on campus — but now, due to Yale’s de-densified campus plan, the vast majority of them […]

February 3, 2021

EMILY TIAN
For some students, taking a leave of absence also takes away healthcare

The financial aid package Alejandro Ortega ’23 received from Yale did not just support his enrollment. He also gained health insurance — for the first […]

February 3, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Despite higher case counts, orange alert level unchanged since November

As students start the spring semester, local coronavirus infection rates are so high that they might have moved Yale to a red alert on its […]

February 3, 2021

MADISON HAHAMY
Beloved DUS, lecturer and Office of LGBTQ resources leader Andrew Dowe dies at 34

Andrew Dowe, lecturer and director of undergraduate studies of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and associate director of the Office of LGBTQ Resources, died unexpectedly […]

February 1, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH
Higher COVID-19 case counts, variants and community guidelines: spring term begins with uncertainty

As the spring semester begins, Yale students and public health experts confront two chief unknowns: how virulent the coronavirus variants be and to what extent […]

February 1, 2021

SHARLA MOODY
Two Yale students, three alums become Schwarzman Scholars

Current Yale students Milan Vivanco ’21 and Trent Kannegieter ’21 as well as alumni Alexander Crich ’19, Mikaela Rabb ’18 and Harry Seavey ’19 received […]

January 31, 2021