Yale University's highest governing body met at the Greenberg Conference Center on Saturday. The board may move forward with the search for the university's 24th president, which is approaching nine months.
Yale Daily News
Christina Lee, Photo Editor
The Yale Corporation, the university's highest governing body, which includes Yale's 16 trustees and University President Peter Salovey, held its penultimate meeting of the academic year and final meeting before Yale goes on summer break Saturday morning. I arrived at the Greenberg Conference Center for the event. .
University President Peter Salovey said: get off By June 30, the search for Yale University's 24th president is moving forward by the minute.
The meeting took place after Mr Salovey's farewell dinner last night. mass protest Demands that universities withdraw from military weapons manufacturers.Wednesday, Yale University announced It said it would not divest from military weapons manufacturers, writing that their investments did not meet the criteria for “serious social harm.”
The company has concluded an eight-month search for Salovey's successor, but has not provided a timeline or goals for when a decision will be made. According to Yale's bylaws, the Board of Trustees will select Yale's next leader by a majority vote in making all decisions.
News of the day will be relayed here both from the meeting and from the ongoing protests at Beinecke Square.
live updates
11:52am:
At least six cars have arrived at the conference center in the past 10 minutes, including two limousines, two cars driven by men in suits who appear to be chauffeurs, and one carrying members of the Corporation for today's meeting. Includes the white van used for transportation.
– Nathaniel Rosenberg, Urban Editor
11:22am:
A car from local television station WSFB briefly stopped in front of the conference center, then exited into the parking lot. After speaking with university officials, the vehicle left the premises. The News could not confirm whether the car was asked to leave.
— Nathaniel Rosenberg, City Editor
11:20am:
In the morning, a police car with an officer inside stopped in front of the Greenberg Conference Center, where the board of directors' meeting is currently being held. A second police car arrived at the scene and remains at the entrance to the conference center. — Yuri Stasiuk, Staff Reporter
11:19am:
At Beinecke Square, protesters began tying Palestinian flags to flagpoles.Protesters removed the American flag from the flagpole last night, joined by about 100 anti-divestment demonstrators. I camped overnight There are more than 25 tents set up in the square.
— Yolanda Wang, Staff Reporter
10:59am:
The car stopped at the Greenberg Conference Center, where the driver briefly met with three university officials who had come out of the building. Shortly afterward, the Office of Public Affairs and Communications official who previously contacted this newspaper again asked reporters to stay away from the building's entrance and one of the driveways used to access the building from Prospect Street.
— Yuri Stasiuk and Benjamin Hernandez, staff reporters
10:20am:
A university official from the Office of Public Affairs and Communications approached news reporters and asked them to move away from the entrance to the Greenberg Conference Center, where the board of directors was meeting. Officials asked reporters to move to the conference center parking lot.
– Yuri Stasiuk, Staff Reporter
9:56am:
Alexander Dreyer, Yale's general counsel, has left the building. He told the News he could not comment on what was discussed at the meeting.
About 10 minutes earlier, Joan O'Neill, director of fundraising and the For Humanity campaign, left the building. He did not respond to the paper's request for comment.
of campaign for humanity This is Yale University's $7 billion fundraising campaign, the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university's history.
— Benjamin Hernandez and Yuri Stasiuk, Staff Reporters
9:47am:
The Yale Corporation, which is Yale's highest governing body and includes Yale's 16 trustees and President Peter Salovey, currently meets in the Greenberg Conference Center next door to the seminary. The news is outside the building but we were told it was closed for a conference.
– Nathaniel Rosenberg, Urban Editor
