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The 14-place demotion comes after Yale climbed 97 spots last year. The Schwarzman Center at Yale University. (Credit: Owen Tilman) Ethan SavageStaff Writer, The Buckley Beacon On September 9, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released its seventh annual College Free Speech Rankings, in which Yale placed 72nd out of 261 schools, down 14 places from its 58th-place finish in 2025. That finish followed a 97-spot climb the year before, leaving Yale well above where it stood two years ago despite the downgrade. FIRE's profile of Yale lists an overall score of 64.1 out of 100, down 0.1 points from last year, and a "D" speech climate grade, unchanged from 2025. Yale's Spotlight rating, which FIRE bases on the restrictiveness of its written speec...

The Buckley Institute awarded current deputy dean and Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver the Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize for his commitment to promoting disagreement and critical examination in and beyond his classrooms.  Kevin Xiao YLS '27 and Professor Justin Driver during the event. (Credit: Buckley Institute) Emily AkbarCampus Reporting Editor, The Buckley Beacon On Thursday, current deputy dean and Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver received the Buckley Institute’s Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize. The prize awards a Yale faculty member who promotes intellectual diversity within and beyond the classroom. After having been chosen from among 115 nominations and a favorable vote from a panel of judges, Driver received $10,000 for h...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop Emeritus of New York, delivered a talk on the life and legacy of the American Catholic evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Cardinal Dolan speaks at Buckley Institute event. (Credit: Buckley Institute) Jack EhlertStaff Writer, The Buckley Beacon On September 17, the Buckley Institute hosted Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the former Archbishop of New York and a member of the College of Cardinals, to give a talk titled “Keeping the Faith: Religion in Modern American Life.” Speaking on the theme of religion and public life, the Cardinal examined the sometimes fraught relationship between Catholicism and mainstream American society. The Cardinal, who holds a doctorate in American Church History from The Catholic University of America, ...

Yale’s Turning Point USA chapter hosted Nick Shirley, a self-described independent journalist best known for exposing fraud in Somali-run daycares in Minnesota.  Nick Shirley speaks at Sterling-Sheffield-Strathcona Hall. (Credit: Emily Akbar) Emily AkbarCampus Reporting Editor, The Buckley Beacon On Thursday evening, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) at Yale invited independent journalist Nick Shirley for an off-the-record event, the organization’s first since becoming a registered Yale student group last spring.  Shirley’s appearance fell on the first anniversary of the death of Charlie Kirk— the deceased founder of Turning Point USA known for his right-wing political activism on college campuses. Carlos Perez ‘29, the chapter’s president, said the date was not initial...