
NEWS LIBRARY
Elis for Rachael in the Press
Yale Daily News – April 21, 2022
"Yale quietly relaxes reinstatement requirements"
Yale Daily News – April 5, 2022
"Elis for Rachael holds candlelight vigil for suicide prevention"
Yale Daily News – April 4, 2022
“'No Plans of Giving Up': Elis for Rachael pushes for mental health care reform at Yale"
Yale Daily News – December 9, 2021
"Another Surge in the Virus Has Colleges Fearing a Mental Health Crisis"
The New York Times – December 24, 2021
Yale Alumni Magazine – July/August 2021
The Boston Globe – June 13, 2021
News about Mental Health at Yale
"Students express disappointment, anger over Yale’s mental health services"
Yale Daily News – March 25, 2021
"‘She was unapologetically herself’: Communities mourn Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum ’24"
Yale Daily News – March 24, 2021
"Yale fails to meet grade in mental health leave policies"
The New Haven Register – December 25, 2018
"Ivy League school's 'withdrawal policy' for extremely depressed students is under fire"
Business Insider – April 6, 2015
"When Mentally Ill Students Feel Alone"
The Atlantic – March 2, 2015
"Tensions flare at mental health forum"
Yale Daily News – February 26, 2015
"Student death raises questions on withdrawal policies"
Yale Daily News – January 29, 2015
Personal Stories about Mental Health at Yale
Stephanie Addenbrooke: "Ask, and it shall be given?"
Yale Daily News – March 29, 2021
Esmé Weijun Wang: "Yale Will Not Save You"
The Sewanee Review – Winter 2019
Jack Ross: "The Dark Lining of the Prefontaine Mantra: Lessons from Hale Ross’ life at Yale"
Rachel Williams: "We Just Can't Have You Here"
Yale Daily News – January 24, 2014
Stewart McDonald: My Bipolar Disorder and Yale
Yale Daily News – 2014
Yale Daily News – Oct 21, 2013
Research Reports & Info Sheets
Yale College: Mental Illness and The Road to Reinstatement
Elis for Rachael – November 2021
Mental Health Justice at Yale – Spring 2021
Students Unite Now – August 2020
The Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health in the Ivy League
Ruderman Family Foundation – December 2018
Falling Through the Cracks: A report on Mental Health at Yale Law School
Yale Law School Mental Health Alliance – December 2014
Yale College Council – September 2013
Report on Mental Health (follow-up)
Yale College Council – Spring 2019
“People are on quarantine schedule, so there wasn’t anyone to talk to. So I moved myself in for a couple of hours, and cried.” ... “We were all struggling emotionally. Some of them because they were missing their family, some because of the isolation. I think there were many tears shed.”
Every first year interviewed, nine in total, was asked the same question: “Do you currently feel safe?” “I don’t know if I’d say that I’d feel mental health-wise safe, because I’m not having a great time right now,” said Shaw-Rosenbaum.