YDN Mentoring Week Article

Graduate Students Discuss Mentors Divya Subrahmanyam Staff Reporter Published Monday, February 2, 2009 This week, students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will participate in forums to talk about the quality of faculty-student mentoring at Yale, as the...

YDN Article on Whitehall Success

Whitehall apartments will stay Vivian Yee Staff Reporter Published Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Four months after Yale told them they would have to move out of their homes in the Whitehall apartment complex to make way for a child care...

Advocacy for expanded grad housing, concern for Whitehall reduction

Recent meetings of the Graduate Student Assembly have focused on issues pertaining to the state of graduate student housing. Demand for on-campus housing has increased in recent years, while the number of available rooms has continued to decline. Many students...

Dental Care for Graduate and Professional Students

Cheers to Bryan Woods, GSA and GPSS rep, for his recent piece on the dental insurance woes of graduate students.  This all came after a story by June Torbati in the YDN on the same topic.While GSA continues to advocate for...

PhD stipend increase, 12-month funding, family health coverage: announcement and opinions

Two days ago, Dean Butler announced a stipend increase, a move to five years of 12-month funding for PhD students in the humanities and social sciences, and full-family healthcare coverage for graduate parents.  Here is Dean Butler's email announcement:  Date: ...