STUDENT LIFE
SEAN PERGOLA
Matchmaking service Datamatch gives isolated Yalies a chance to connect

Although quarantine and isolation have wreaked havoc on many Yalies’ love lives, the return of the free matchmaking service Datamatch offers hope for on- and […]

February 8, 2021

EDA AKER
Nonprofit student organization aims to empower grassroots climate initiatives

For an issue as large as climate change, there need to be ambitious organizations aiming to address it. This was the mentality embraced by the […]

February 8, 2021

EMILY TIAN
In a win for disabilities advocacy, Student Accessibility Services pilots new peer liaison program

In a stride toward increased representation and advocacy, students with disabilities will have access to a designated peer liaison program beginning next fall. The new […]

February 7, 2021

AMELIA DAVIDSON
Pandemic disrupted over 25 percent of Class of 2020’s post-graduate plans, OCS report shows

The Office of Career Strategy released its annual First Destination Report this week, detailing the post-graduate plans of the Class of 2020 six months after […]

February 7, 2021

AISLINN KINSELLA
Mixed student reactions to new course selection process

This year, changes to the 2020-2021 academic calendar made in response to the pandemic — including an amended course registration process, also known as shopping […]

February 5, 2021

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