Yale Daily News

The Yale Daily News is a student-run newspaper that has been serving the Yale University community in New Haven, Connecticut, since January 28, 1878. This independent publication was established by students and has been a significant part of campus life ever since. The initial editors of the newspaper stated:

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Sweetgreen opens on Broadway as fresh ingredient in Yale retail mix

1 week ago | yaledailynews.com | Henry C. Liu

Henry Liu, Contributing Photographer Sweetgreen, a fast casual restaurant chain known for its salads, opened Tuesday morning at a long-empty corner storefront at The Shops at Yale on Broadway. The new location at the corner of Broadway and York Street is the chain’s fifth in Connecticut. Sweetgreen opened a location in Canton in February, and has previously operated stores in Greenwich, Westport and Darien. The Los Angeles-based food chain serves salads, grain bowls and protein plates.
Senators propose smaller endowment tax hike than House bill

1 week ago | yaledailynews.com | Henry C. Liu |Baala Shakya

Baala Shakya, Photography Editor Republican senators have proposed an 8 percent tax on investment returns for the richest universities such as Yale — a lower number than the 21 percent top endowment tax rate approved by the U.S. House of Representatives last month. The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its draft legislative text for the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” President Donald Trump’s massive legislative effort.
Yalies to rally in Washington against budget bill

2 weeks ago | yaledailynews.com | Baala Shakya |Henry C. Liu

Baala Shakya, Photography Editor Yale students will gather at the United States Capitol on Thursday to advocate against changes to federal higher education policy that they believe could devastate Yale’s financial aid and research funding. The coalition of students from multiple colleges — which calls itself “Fight for Higher Education” — will hold an “advocacy day in defense of higher education” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
GPA cutoffs for Latin honors remain at record high

3 weeks ago | yaledailynews.com | Henry C. Liu

Garrett Curtis, Photo Editor Grade point average cutoffs to graduate with Latin honors for the class of 2025 remained unchanged from their record high last year. This year, a GPA of 3.98 or higher earned the distinction of summa cum laude, while at least 3.95 and 3.90 merited magna cum laude and cum laude distinctions, respectively, according to Paul McKinley DRA ’96, Yale College’s associate dean for communications.
Avelo flight from ICE base lands in Guatemala

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Eric Song

Zoe Berg At 9:09 a.m. on Monday, local time, a Boeing 737-800 took off from El Paso International Airport in Texas. Operating as Avelo Airlines Flight 48, the flight’s destination was La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Earlier Monday morning, the plane had flown to El Paso from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona, departing from a piece of tarmac used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
MCINNIS: Overcoming divides and embracing our shared humanity

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Maurie D. McInnis |David Yaffe-Bellany

Good morning, everyone! Graduates of the Class of 2025, faculty and family members, colleagues, and friends. Today, we continue a tradition that is centuries old. On the Sunday before Commencement, Yale presidents have stood behind this rostrum to impart a few words about the world that awaits our graduates beyond Phelps Gate. It gives me great pleasure to continue the tradition today in my first Baccalaureate address as Yale’s twenty-fourth president.
The seventeen hundred hats of Yale College

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Zachary Clifton |David Yaffe-Bellany

Ericka Henriquez On the third Sunday in May, Old Campus will be filled with purgatorial undergraduates, straddling the line between Yale and the rest of the world. Their families will gather beneath the canopy of blossoming oak, elm, and maple trees. There will be the shrieks of parents wielding, indiscriminately, iPhones and telephoto lenses, the fluting of “Bright College Years” — and, most importantly, an endless parade of hats that would make even the women of the Royal Ascot blush.
Flurry of campus construction projects finished over four years

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Jerry Gao |Henry C. Liu

Baala Shakya, Staff Photographer Since the class of 2025 came to Yale, buildings on campus have developed significantly. The University has completed multiple construction projects and expansions, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Many of these projects began with donations prior to 2020 and were gradually completed despite COVID-19, though several projects were delayed. Here is how Yale’s campus landscape has changed in the past few years.
TRAN: Seniors, have faith in the journey ahead

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Peter Tran |David Yaffe-Bellany

Rümeysa Öztürk, Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Merwil Gutiérrez, Badar Suri Khan, and Mohsen Mahdawi: these names and faces of the many who have been illegally, unjustly and unceremoniously detained have been seared into my mind in recent months. Some were involved in pro-Palestine protests; others were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. As of this writing, only Rümeysa and Mohsen have been released from detention.
VOLLEYBALL: Four years

1 month ago | yaledailynews.com | Rachel Mak |David Yaffe-Bellany

Yale Athletics The Yale women’s volleyball team won their third straight Ivy League title this season. They cruised past their conference opponents during the regular season, only falling to Princeton in four sets and Cornell in five — both teams that they later crushed in the Ivy League Tournament.