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October 18, 2022 News Neither lux nor veritas: Yale pairs speech-protective policies with a culture of intolerance July 28, 2022 Yale encourages anonymous reports to enforce COVID-19 restrictions, creates ‘surveillance state’ April 6, 2022 Yale alumni: Help protect free speech at your alma mater March 29, 2022 New audio shows severe disruption of Yale Federalist Society panel — which the university did little to prevent March 29, 2022 News 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2022 February 2, 2022 News He used the phrase “trap house” — then Yale admins tried to trap him into apologizing November 4, 2021 Since they love pre-written apology notes, Yale administrators should sign ours October 15, 2021 How Yale Law School pressured a law student to apologize for a Constitution Day ‘trap house’ invitation October 14, 2021 News Court filing: Yale’s lawyers make surprising claims about the school’s academic freedom promises October 7, 2021 News So to Speak podcast: First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar September 30, 2021 News Academic freedom, freedom of expression under the spotlight in international higher education September 1, 2021 FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 More universities are responding to the challenges of online education and China, but the results are a mixed bag September 4, 2020 After controversy over dissent program’s cancellation at Singapore campus, Yale faculty call for academic freedom protections January 27, 2020 Sen. Chuck Grassley presses universities about commitment to academic freedom October 2, 2019 Q&A: Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz on running for Yale’s Board of Trustees, and his ‘scary’ but ‘essential’ advice for students and faculty September 18, 2019 Yale-NUS College cancels program on dissent, prompting internal investigation September 17, 2019 Lawsuit asks court to violate student groups’ freedom of association February 15, 2019 What ever happened to the Woodward Report? August 10, 2018 Yale’s Culture of Disallowing Discourse July 13, 2018 Q&A with Jamie Kirchick, journalist and candidate for Yale’s Board of Trustees June 25, 2018 The scariest part of Halloween: Picking a costume October 31, 2017 Due process legal update: Part I March 16, 2017 Universities Give Students Frightening Halloween Assignment: Pick a Costume October 31, 2016 One Year Later, Erika Christakis Breaks Her Silence on Yale Halloween Controversy October 28, 2016 More Campus Leaders Address Free Speech; Some Do It Better Than Others October 27, 2016 New Video of Last Year’s Yale Halloween Costume Confrontation Emerges September 13, 2016 Nicholas Christakis in ‘The New York Times’: ‘Teaching Inclusion in a Divided World’ June 23, 2016 Due Process Legal Update: Complaints Keep Rolling In June 17, 2016 Yale Faculty Resign From Residential College Roles; Concerns about Free Speech Remain May 26, 2016 FIRE’s Samantha Harris Talks Due Process at Yale on ESPN’s ‘Outside The Lines’ March 17, 2016 Watch Live Tonight! Intelligence Squared Debate at Yale: 'Free Speech Is Threatened on Campus' March 1, 2016 Yale Profs in ‘NYT’ Op-Ed: ‘Why College Is Not Home’ February 5, 2016 Scientist: Demotion of Free Speech at Yale Imperils Intellectual Advances December 23, 2015 UPDATED: Erika Christakis to Quit Teaching After Email Controversy; Husband to Take Sabbatical December 8, 2015 Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter November 30, 2015 Yale Expresses Support for Faculty at Center of Halloween Email Controversy November 18, 2015 Press Release The Censors Must Not Win: Campus Thought Police Have Run Amok — but All Is Not Lost November 15, 2015 Blog Progress at Yale, But a Conspicuous Omission November 13, 2015 On the front lines of the fight for free speech at Yale November 11, 2015 Blog FIRE’s Lukianoff on Being ‘On the Front Lines of the Fight for Free Speech at Yale’ November 11, 2015 ‘The Atlantic’ on the Yale Halloween Email and Free Speech Controversy November 9, 2015 Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email November 6, 2015 News New Survey Exposes Threats to Free Speech on Campus October 28, 2015 In Mishandling Sexual Assault Allegations Against Patrick Witt, Yale Failed Everyone November 7, 2014 Constitution Day 2014: What a Difference a Year Makes September 18, 2014 Yale President Welcomes Freshmen with Free Speech Advocacy August 25, 2014 Boston’s WGBH Announces Muzzle Award ‘Winners’ July 9, 2014 Boring Campuses: Not Just the Fault of Helicopter Parents April 16, 2014 Yale Releases Semiannual Report on Sexual Misconduct, With Perplexing Details February 6, 2014 Yale Unlearns Free Expression January 17, 2014 Please Explain Why Putting University Administrators in Charge of Judging Speech Is a Good Idea July 9, 2013 AAUP Issues Open Letter to Yale, Criticizes Singapore Campus December 6, 2012 Not at Liberty to Discuss September 14, 2012 Blog Yale Travels to Singapore, Leaves Toothbrush, U.S. Values at Home July 26, 2012 Yale’s Reversal On Academic Freedom Garners More Criticism July 26, 2012 Catch-22 on Yale’s Singapore Campus: Students "Free to Express Views," So Long as They Don't July 17, 2012 The top 12 worst colleges for free speech March 28, 2012 News FIRE’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2012 March 27, 2012 News At Yale, Political Expediency Trumps Basic Rights February 3, 2012 Greg in 'The Huffington Post': Are Fraternities Disastrous for Free Speech on Campus? July 27, 2011 Speech Codes at Private Colleges Debated at 'PolicyMic' June 28, 2011 Yale, Free Speech, and the First Amendment June 3, 2011 Speech Code of the Month: Yale University June 1, 2011 Yale, the Department of Education, and the looming free speech crisis May 24, 2011 Blog Harvey and Kyle on 'Minding the Campus' on What Yale Should Have Said to OCR May 24, 2011 Yale Student: OCR is Pressuring Schools to Abandon Commitment to Freedom of Speech May 20, 2011 What Passes for 'Justice' in Yale Fraternity Case May 18, 2011 Yale Student Applauds His Critics, Laments Lack of Commitment to Free Speech April 25, 2011 Kaminer on the "Loneliness of the Civil Libertarian Feminist April 6, 2011 This Week in the News: Wesleyan Housing Policy Revision Receives Necessary Criticism February 25, 2011 'Commentary' Cites Greg on Free Speech at Yale February 21, 2011 Study Shows that Ideology Affects Perception of Whether Speech Is Threatening February 8, 2011 Mohammed Cartoon Controversy Cemented Yale's Place on Our List of '12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech' February 2, 2011 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 Harvard-Yale 2010 T-shirt Wars Begin; No Free Speech Casualties ... Yet November 9, 2010 Blog New England Ivies Earn ‘Muzzle Awards’ from FIRE Chairman July 2, 2010 Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed April 23, 2010 This Month in FIRE History: FIRE Releases Statement on Mohammed Cartoons March 1, 2010 Learning From Flap Over 'Sissies' T-shirt a Priority for Yale College Dean February 16, 2010 NBC on Yale 'Sissies' Censorship Controversy January 19, 2010 ‘Yale Daily News’ Stays on Yale Censorship Case January 19, 2010 Blog Yale President Defends Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons, But Acknowledges Free Speech Commitment in T-shirt Controversy January 15, 2010 A Possible Precedent for Yale University in the Case of the Censored ‘Sissies’ T-shirts January 13, 2010 Will Aziz Ansari Be Allowed to Say ‘Sissies’ at Yale? January 12, 2010 Blog Yale Dean Defends Censorship of ‘Sissies’ T-Shirt, Claims Control over Freshman Student Government January 11, 2010 Blog Rights in the News: Yale and Minnesota Still in Headlines as FIRE Eyes 2010 Campaign January 8, 2010 ‘Boston Globe’ Covers FIRE’s ‘Sissies’ T-Shirt Case at Yale December 28, 2009 In Interview With 'Index on Censorship,' Jytte Klausen Discusses Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons December 22, 2009 Greg in Huffington Post on Yale's Controversial Anti-Harvard T-shirt Quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald December 21, 2009 Beat Harvard - Just Don't Call Them Sissies November 24, 2009 Greg in 'The Huffington Post' on Yale and the Muhammad Cartoons November 10, 2009 Blog Duke beats Yale: Censored images of Muhammad finally printed in new book November 9, 2009 Blog Duke Professor Finishes Yale's Job, Prints Mohammed Images in New Book; FIRE Co-signs Statement of Principle November 9, 2009 Yale Law Professor Misses the Point on Censorship of Political Cartoons October 16, 2009 Blog Jytte Klausen, Author of 'The Cartoons That Shook the World,' Speaks at Yale and Confronts One of Her Censors October 2, 2009 FIRE's Will Creeley in 'Providence Journal' September 23, 2009 FIRE Joins Open Letter to Yale Protesting Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons September 17, 2009 Former FIRE Interns Criticize Ubiquitous Censorship at Their Universities September 4, 2009 Yale University Press Responds on Mohammed Cartoon Controversy August 17, 2009 News In 'Pajamas Media,' FIRE's VP Slams Yale Press Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons August 14, 2009 The State of Free Speech on Campus: Yale University June 15, 2009 Blog Too Often, First Amendment Protections Denied to Second Amendment Speech March 10, 2009 Hard Cases Make Bad Law April 25, 2007 Job Security = Academic Freedom? April 19, 2005
News Speech Code RatingYellowDue Process Ratings D, D, B Free Speech Rankings 155 of 251 Cases 9 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire
More colleges threaten to restrict speech in wake of Penn president’s resignation December 18, 2023 News Yale shreds faculty rights to rid itself of professor who called Trump mentally unstable June 26, 2023 News Fall casework of FIRE’s SPFI shows student press freedom threatened across U.S. campuses December 21, 2022 News Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic. October 18, 2022 News Neither lux nor veritas: Yale pairs speech-protective policies with a culture of intolerance July 28, 2022 Yale encourages anonymous reports to enforce COVID-19 restrictions, creates ‘surveillance state’ April 6, 2022 Yale alumni: Help protect free speech at your alma mater March 29, 2022 New audio shows severe disruption of Yale Federalist Society panel — which the university did little to prevent March 29, 2022 News 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2022 February 2, 2022 News He used the phrase “trap house” — then Yale admins tried to trap him into apologizing November 4, 2021 Since they love pre-written apology notes, Yale administrators should sign ours October 15, 2021 How Yale Law School pressured a law student to apologize for a Constitution Day ‘trap house’ invitation October 14, 2021 News Court filing: Yale’s lawyers make surprising claims about the school’s academic freedom promises October 7, 2021 News So to Speak podcast: First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar September 30, 2021 News Academic freedom, freedom of expression under the spotlight in international higher education September 1, 2021 FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies November 12, 2020 More universities are responding to the challenges of online education and China, but the results are a mixed bag September 4, 2020 After controversy over dissent program’s cancellation at Singapore campus, Yale faculty call for academic freedom protections January 27, 2020 Sen. Chuck Grassley presses universities about commitment to academic freedom October 2, 2019 Q&A: Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz on running for Yale’s Board of Trustees, and his ‘scary’ but ‘essential’ advice for students and faculty September 18, 2019 Yale-NUS College cancels program on dissent, prompting internal investigation September 17, 2019 Lawsuit asks court to violate student groups’ freedom of association February 15, 2019 What ever happened to the Woodward Report? August 10, 2018 Yale’s Culture of Disallowing Discourse July 13, 2018 Q&A with Jamie Kirchick, journalist and candidate for Yale’s Board of Trustees June 25, 2018 The scariest part of Halloween: Picking a costume October 31, 2017 Due process legal update: Part I March 16, 2017 Universities Give Students Frightening Halloween Assignment: Pick a Costume October 31, 2016 One Year Later, Erika Christakis Breaks Her Silence on Yale Halloween Controversy October 28, 2016 More Campus Leaders Address Free Speech; Some Do It Better Than Others October 27, 2016 New Video of Last Year’s Yale Halloween Costume Confrontation Emerges September 13, 2016 Nicholas Christakis in ‘The New York Times’: ‘Teaching Inclusion in a Divided World’ June 23, 2016 Due Process Legal Update: Complaints Keep Rolling In June 17, 2016 Yale Faculty Resign From Residential College Roles; Concerns about Free Speech Remain May 26, 2016 FIRE’s Samantha Harris Talks Due Process at Yale on ESPN’s ‘Outside The Lines’ March 17, 2016 Watch Live Tonight! Intelligence Squared Debate at Yale: 'Free Speech Is Threatened on Campus' March 1, 2016 Yale Profs in ‘NYT’ Op-Ed: ‘Why College Is Not Home’ February 5, 2016 Scientist: Demotion of Free Speech at Yale Imperils Intellectual Advances December 23, 2015 UPDATED: Erika Christakis to Quit Teaching After Email Controversy; Husband to Take Sabbatical December 8, 2015 Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter November 30, 2015 Yale Expresses Support for Faculty at Center of Halloween Email Controversy November 18, 2015 Press Release The Censors Must Not Win: Campus Thought Police Have Run Amok — but All Is Not Lost November 15, 2015 Blog Progress at Yale, But a Conspicuous Omission November 13, 2015 On the front lines of the fight for free speech at Yale November 11, 2015 Blog FIRE’s Lukianoff on Being ‘On the Front Lines of the Fight for Free Speech at Yale’ November 11, 2015 ‘The Atlantic’ on the Yale Halloween Email and Free Speech Controversy November 9, 2015 Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email November 6, 2015 News New Survey Exposes Threats to Free Speech on Campus October 28, 2015 In Mishandling Sexual Assault Allegations Against Patrick Witt, Yale Failed Everyone November 7, 2014 Constitution Day 2014: What a Difference a Year Makes September 18, 2014 Yale President Welcomes Freshmen with Free Speech Advocacy August 25, 2014 Boston’s WGBH Announces Muzzle Award ‘Winners’ July 9, 2014 Boring Campuses: Not Just the Fault of Helicopter Parents April 16, 2014 Yale Releases Semiannual Report on Sexual Misconduct, With Perplexing Details February 6, 2014 Yale Unlearns Free Expression January 17, 2014 Please Explain Why Putting University Administrators in Charge of Judging Speech Is a Good Idea July 9, 2013 AAUP Issues Open Letter to Yale, Criticizes Singapore Campus December 6, 2012 Not at Liberty to Discuss September 14, 2012 Blog Yale Travels to Singapore, Leaves Toothbrush, U.S. Values at Home July 26, 2012 Yale’s Reversal On Academic Freedom Garners More Criticism July 26, 2012 Catch-22 on Yale’s Singapore Campus: Students "Free to Express Views," So Long as They Don't July 17, 2012 The top 12 worst colleges for free speech March 28, 2012 News FIRE’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2012 March 27, 2012 News At Yale, Political Expediency Trumps Basic Rights February 3, 2012 Greg in 'The Huffington Post': Are Fraternities Disastrous for Free Speech on Campus? July 27, 2011 Speech Codes at Private Colleges Debated at 'PolicyMic' June 28, 2011 Yale, Free Speech, and the First Amendment June 3, 2011 Speech Code of the Month: Yale University June 1, 2011 Yale, the Department of Education, and the looming free speech crisis May 24, 2011 Blog Harvey and Kyle on 'Minding the Campus' on What Yale Should Have Said to OCR May 24, 2011 Yale Student: OCR is Pressuring Schools to Abandon Commitment to Freedom of Speech May 20, 2011 What Passes for 'Justice' in Yale Fraternity Case May 18, 2011 Yale Student Applauds His Critics, Laments Lack of Commitment to Free Speech April 25, 2011 Kaminer on the "Loneliness of the Civil Libertarian Feminist April 6, 2011 This Week in the News: Wesleyan Housing Policy Revision Receives Necessary Criticism February 25, 2011 'Commentary' Cites Greg on Free Speech at Yale February 21, 2011 Study Shows that Ideology Affects Perception of Whether Speech Is Threatening February 8, 2011 Mohammed Cartoon Controversy Cemented Yale's Place on Our List of '12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech' February 2, 2011 FIRE in 'The Huffington Post' on America's 12 Worst Schools for Free Speech January 27, 2011 Harvard-Yale 2010 T-shirt Wars Begin; No Free Speech Casualties ... Yet November 9, 2010 Blog New England Ivies Earn ‘Muzzle Awards’ from FIRE Chairman July 2, 2010 Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed April 23, 2010 This Month in FIRE History: FIRE Releases Statement on Mohammed Cartoons March 1, 2010 Learning From Flap Over 'Sissies' T-shirt a Priority for Yale College Dean February 16, 2010 NBC on Yale 'Sissies' Censorship Controversy January 19, 2010 ‘Yale Daily News’ Stays on Yale Censorship Case January 19, 2010 Blog Yale President Defends Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons, But Acknowledges Free Speech Commitment in T-shirt Controversy January 15, 2010 A Possible Precedent for Yale University in the Case of the Censored ‘Sissies’ T-shirts January 13, 2010 Will Aziz Ansari Be Allowed to Say ‘Sissies’ at Yale? January 12, 2010 Blog Yale Dean Defends Censorship of ‘Sissies’ T-Shirt, Claims Control over Freshman Student Government January 11, 2010 Blog Rights in the News: Yale and Minnesota Still in Headlines as FIRE Eyes 2010 Campaign January 8, 2010 ‘Boston Globe’ Covers FIRE’s ‘Sissies’ T-Shirt Case at Yale December 28, 2009 In Interview With 'Index on Censorship,' Jytte Klausen Discusses Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons December 22, 2009 Greg in Huffington Post on Yale's Controversial Anti-Harvard T-shirt Quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald December 21, 2009 Beat Harvard - Just Don't Call Them Sissies November 24, 2009 Greg in 'The Huffington Post' on Yale and the Muhammad Cartoons November 10, 2009 Blog Duke beats Yale: Censored images of Muhammad finally printed in new book November 9, 2009 Blog Duke Professor Finishes Yale's Job, Prints Mohammed Images in New Book; FIRE Co-signs Statement of Principle November 9, 2009 Yale Law Professor Misses the Point on Censorship of Political Cartoons October 16, 2009 Blog Jytte Klausen, Author of 'The Cartoons That Shook the World,' Speaks at Yale and Confronts One of Her Censors October 2, 2009 FIRE's Will Creeley in 'Providence Journal' September 23, 2009 FIRE Joins Open Letter to Yale Protesting Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons September 17, 2009 Former FIRE Interns Criticize Ubiquitous Censorship at Their Universities September 4, 2009 Yale University Press Responds on Mohammed Cartoon Controversy August 17, 2009 News In 'Pajamas Media,' FIRE's VP Slams Yale Press Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons August 14, 2009 The State of Free Speech on Campus: Yale University June 15, 2009 Blog Too Often, First Amendment Protections Denied to Second Amendment Speech March 10, 2009 Hard Cases Make Bad Law April 25, 2007 Job Security = Academic Freedom? April 19, 2005
More colleges threaten to restrict speech in wake of Penn president’s resignation December 18, 2023 News
Yale shreds faculty rights to rid itself of professor who called Trump mentally unstable June 26, 2023 News
Fall casework of FIRE’s SPFI shows student press freedom threatened across U.S. campuses December 21, 2022 News
Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic. October 18, 2022 News
Neither lux nor veritas: Yale pairs speech-protective policies with a culture of intolerance July 28, 2022
Yale encourages anonymous reports to enforce COVID-19 restrictions, creates ‘surveillance state’ April 6, 2022
New audio shows severe disruption of Yale Federalist Society panel — which the university did little to prevent March 29, 2022 News
He used the phrase “trap house” — then Yale admins tried to trap him into apologizing November 4, 2021
How Yale Law School pressured a law student to apologize for a Constitution Day ‘trap house’ invitation October 14, 2021 News
Court filing: Yale’s lawyers make surprising claims about the school’s academic freedom promises October 7, 2021 News
Academic freedom, freedom of expression under the spotlight in international higher education September 1, 2021
More universities are responding to the challenges of online education and China, but the results are a mixed bag September 4, 2020
After controversy over dissent program’s cancellation at Singapore campus, Yale faculty call for academic freedom protections January 27, 2020
Q&A: Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz on running for Yale’s Board of Trustees, and his ‘scary’ but ‘essential’ advice for students and faculty September 18, 2019
Watch Live Tonight! Intelligence Squared Debate at Yale: 'Free Speech Is Threatened on Campus' March 1, 2016
UPDATED: Erika Christakis to Quit Teaching After Email Controversy; Husband to Take Sabbatical December 8, 2015
Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter November 30, 2015
Yale Expresses Support for Faculty at Center of Halloween Email Controversy November 18, 2015 Press Release
The Censors Must Not Win: Campus Thought Police Have Run Amok — but All Is Not Lost November 15, 2015 Blog
FIRE’s Lukianoff on Being ‘On the Front Lines of the Fight for Free Speech at Yale’ November 11, 2015
In Mishandling Sexual Assault Allegations Against Patrick Witt, Yale Failed Everyone November 7, 2014
Please Explain Why Putting University Administrators in Charge of Judging Speech Is a Good Idea July 9, 2013
Catch-22 on Yale’s Singapore Campus: Students "Free to Express Views," So Long as They Don't July 17, 2012
This Week in the News: Wesleyan Housing Policy Revision Receives Necessary Criticism February 25, 2011
Mohammed Cartoon Controversy Cemented Yale's Place on Our List of '12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech' February 2, 2011
Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed April 23, 2010
Yale President Defends Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons, But Acknowledges Free Speech Commitment in T-shirt Controversy January 15, 2010
A Possible Precedent for Yale University in the Case of the Censored ‘Sissies’ T-shirts January 13, 2010
Yale Dean Defends Censorship of ‘Sissies’ T-Shirt, Claims Control over Freshman Student Government January 11, 2010 Blog
In Interview With 'Index on Censorship,' Jytte Klausen Discusses Censorship of Mohammed Cartoons December 22, 2009
Greg in Huffington Post on Yale's Controversial Anti-Harvard T-shirt Quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald December 21, 2009
Duke Professor Finishes Yale's Job, Prints Mohammed Images in New Book; FIRE Co-signs Statement of Principle November 9, 2009
Jytte Klausen, Author of 'The Cartoons That Shook the World,' Speaks at Yale and Confronts One of Her Censors October 2, 2009