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1 month ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez |Maia Nehme
Ximena Solorzano, Staff Photographer Rumors of agents from the Department of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operating in New Haven have swirled online and made their way through conversational grapevines since Inauguration Day in January. But on Friday, Feb. 21 the warning shared through social media was different. Community organizer Vanesa Suarez first reported that she received “confirmation from city officials that ICE will be in New Haven” in a since-deleted Instagram post.
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1 month ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez |Chris Tillen
An anonymous student in the School of Management’s executive MBA program claims he was wrongfully accused of using artificial intelligence on a final exam and penalized unjustly.
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2 months ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez |Maia Nehme
Ariela Lopez, Contributing Photographer Around 25 New Haveners spent Sunday evening at Salsa’s, a Mexican restaurant on Grand Avenue, helping to revive a longstanding Fair Haven tradition of community investment in local businesses. Lee Cruz, a community advocate who spearheaded Sunday’s event, said he thought of the idea after visiting eight restaurants and bodegas and two barber shops on Grand Avenue two weeks after the Presidential inauguration.
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2 months ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Maia Nehme |Ariela Lopez
Maia Nehme, Contributing Photographer New Haven’s Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, or IRIS, touts itself as helping thousands of immigrants acclimate to life in New England. But recent changes in federal policy have left the organization’s future uncertain. Prior to the Trump administration’s Jan.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez
Samad Hakani, Photography Editor Student protesters campaigning for Yale to divest from weapons manufacturing had spent two nights sleeping in tents on Beinecke Plaza when Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell emailed all of his department’s sworn members at 4:42 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. The message, with a subject line twice emblazoned with “CONFIDENTIAL,” summarized the past week of protests on the plaza, which the police had “cleared” each evening.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez
Asuka Koda, Contributing Photographer Sweetgreen, a fast-casual health food eatery, will fill the long-vacant corner storefront of the Shops at Yale on Broadway this year. The New Haven location will be the popular salad bar chain’s fifth Connecticut storefront. Yale University Properties and the Shops at Yale, which manage a slate of retailers and restaurants along Chapel Street and Broadway in downtown New Haven, announced Sweetgreen’s impending arrival in December.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Maia Nehme |Ariela Lopez
Adrian Kulesza, Senior Photographer As he headed to bed on a January evening, Matt Watson spotted two strangers smoking cigarettes in his 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe through his bedroom window. Matt and his wife, Jamie, rushed downstairs as he rapidly dialed 9-1-1. His call went straight to voicemail. So did his second dial. Recently discharged from the military, the couple decided to handle the situation on their own.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez
Ellie Park, Multimedia Managing Editor “Everything’s magical when it snows,” Lorelai Gilmore, Connecticut’s “Gilmore Girls” sweetheart, once said. Well, snow is falling and the holidays are calling. Businesses and communities in the Elm City are preparing to serve up the merry and bright. This Thursday, New Haven will host its annual tree lighting on the Green from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with live music, children’s amusement rides and visits with Santa.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez
Collyn Robinson, Senior Photographer Six months after Lauren Noble ’11 was arrested for allegedly yelling the N-word at a Black parking lot employee on three occasions, the Yale College alum and director of the Yale-based Buckley Institute continues to build her case.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Ariela Lopez
Garrett Curtis, Contributing Photographer The New Haven Police Department is looking to introduce artificial intelligence-written police reports, according to a proposed agreement unanimously approved by the Board of Alders’ public safety committee two weeks ago. The department hopes to purchase the AI report technology, alongside more body cameras, as part of a $7.6 million contract with Axon.
