Samad Hakani News Today

Following a mass rally in downtown New Haven, around 250 pro-Palestine protesters set up 40 tents on Cross Campus, where they moved after police cleared a previous encampment on Beinecke Plaza and arrested 44 students.

Fewer classes are appearing on Yale Course Search for the upcoming semester than did at a similar time of year for previous fall terms.

The cost to attend Yale will exceed $90,000 in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. Students and parents shared worries with the News about the rising Yale term bill, which is growing faster than inflation.

Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic submitted an amicus brief in the appellate case United States v. Mackey, aiming to show how civil rights law can prosecute intentionally false statements on voting mechanics.

The popular student-created and -run course website has processed over 5 million requests this past month and has incorporated features such as Google Calendar integration, adding friends and links to courses.

The three classes with the highest enrollment this semester — Introductory Macroeconomics, Bioethics and Law and Intermediate Macroeconomics — have drawn hundreds of students.

Approximately 100 community members gathered on Beinecke Plaza to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, demand Yale divest from weapons manufacturing companies and call on Rep. DeLauro to sign the “Ceasefire Now Resolution.”

At several Ivy League universities and across the country, the Israel-Hamas war has generated tensions and unrest. The News spoke with eight Yale students affected by the war about their concerns for their safety as well as their emotional well-being.