Yale Daily News

5 days 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.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.