STUDENT LIFE
CHRIS TILLEN
Students organize ‘Let’s Talk About Israel’ table

In the fall, students organized a “Let’s Talk About Israel” table on Cross Campus. This semester, the table has moved to the rotunda of the Schwarzman Center, with the goal of engaging Yalies in conversation about Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza against Hamas.

February 9, 2024

JOSIE REICH
Y Pop-Up is cooking with gas

Yale’s undergraduate cooking club hosted a South Asian cuisine dinner in the Davenport buttery Friday night, drawing on over a decade of dedication to culinary excellence and community.

February 8, 2024

LICHEL JOHNSTON
Students launch Yale Undergraduate Black Pre-Law Association

The organization’s founders told the News that they hope to foster a supportive and inclusive community for those interested in law.

February 8, 2024

COLLYN ROBINSON
Chris Rabb ’92 hosts genealogy workshop 

Pennsylvania State Representative Chris Rabb ’92 spoke to members of the Yale and New Haven community to teach them how to trace their own ancestry.

February 6, 2024

KAITLYN POHLY
Yale College Council subsidizes student formal ticket costs

Formal events hosted by the Yale College Council previously priced student tickets from $15 to $20. This year, however, the YCC advocated for and obtained a grant from the Yale College Dean’s Office, which allows prices to be reduced 66 percent.

February 6, 2024

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
Aeris, Panhellenic sororities host simultaneous recruitment, Panhellenic see increased popularity and bids

After Pi Beta Phi members voted unofficially to disaffiliate last semester, former members of the sorority unanimously revoked their status as active members, making Yale’s Panhellenic recruitment only include three sororities. Despite this, the Panhellenic sororities gave out more bids than in 2023 and the News was not able to obtain Aeris’ numbers.

February 2, 2024

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
Administration to extend full room and board coverage for all future FroCos

In June, the Yale College Dean’s Office announced a one-time FroCo pay increase to cover the full cost of room and board for the current class of counselors, while committing to review its pre-existing FroCo pay scheme.

February 1, 2024

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ, CONNOR ARAKAKI & YOLANDA WANG
Administration preps for creation of new space for Middle Eastern and North African students

After University President Peter Salovey promised the creation of a MENA space in December, administrators told the News that MENA students will have dedicated spaces, peer liaisons and an assistant director hired by the fall semester.

January 31, 2024

NORA MOSES & CHRIS TILLEN
Right-wing Israeli politician Simcha Rothman visits Shabtai, ignites protest 

On Wednesday, Jan. 24, the Jewish society Shabtai hosted Simcha Rothman, a controversial Israeli politician who is a member of Israel’s far-right religious zionist party and chair of the constitution, law and justice committee within the Knesset, Israel’s legislature. The event — which was not publicly advertised — was protested by Israeli Yale community members and New Haven residents.

January 29, 2024

LICHEL JOHNSTON
Slifka Center celebrates Tu BiShvat on campus

Wednesday evening the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale held a seder meal to celebrate the holiday Tu Bishvat.

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