The American Association of University Professors endorsed political candidates this year for the first time in its 110-year history. While Yale’s chapter was not involved in those decisions, its leaders said the political shift makes sense.

While federal funding cuts and international restrictions are beyond Yale’s control, there are measures that Yale can and should take to ensure that our teaching and research are resistant to these pressures. Doing so will require more than statements of principles: we need contractually protected policies and procedures, and we need shared governance.

For the first time in more than 50 years, Yale students gathered around an iconic sculpture to protest their university and their government.

On Friday afternoon, protesters marched to Beinecke Plaza, where they convened with Connecticut politicians, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, to urge Yale administrators against settling a federal investigation into its admissions practices.

Hundreds of Yale students rallied around a cardboard Lipstick replica to oppose a Trump settlement over Yale’s admissions policies and protest restrictions on campus gatherings.

Protesters urged Yale to follow Harvard’s example and fight back against Trump. Cornell, Columbia and Brown have settled, agreeing to pay millions and change policies.