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Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library, as seen from Maya Lin's sculpture, Women's Table. The sculpture records the number of women enrolled at Yale over its history; female undergraduates were not admitted until 1969. Yale University Library, which holds over 15 million volumes, is the third-largest university collection in the United States.
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, when its schools were confederated and ...
The university's current president is Maurie D. McInnis who took office on July 1, 2024. She earned her Ph.D. from Yale, is trained as a cultural historian and formerly served as the sixth president of Stony Brook University. The Office of the President is located in Woodbridge Hall, a 1901 building erected specifically for administrative ...
Connecticut Hall on the left and Welch Hall on the right. The Old Campus is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.It is the principal residence of Yale College freshmen and also contains offices for the academic departments of Classics, English, History, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Yale Bulldogs football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). [1] Since the team's inaugural 1872 season, Yale has participated in more than 1,300 officially sanctioned games, holding an all-time record of 937–390–55. [ 2 ]
Yale University Press: Publication date. January 11, 1999 ... ISBN: 9780300016369: Yale: A History is a 1999 book written by Brooks Mather Kelley on the history of ...
St. Elmo Society, or Elmo's, is a secret society for seniors at Yale University. [1] It was founded in 1889 as part of the national fraternity, Delta Phi (ΔΦ). [2] [3] St. Elmo's is a member of the “ancient eight consortium” which includes the seven other original societies at Yale: Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Berzelius, Wolf's Head, Book and Snake, Elihu, and Mace and Chain.
The Yale University coat of arms is the primary emblem of Yale University. It has a field of the color Yale Blue with an open book and the Hebrew words Urim and Thummim inscribed upon it in Hebrew letters. [1] Below the shield on a scroll appears Yale's official motto, Lux et Veritas (Latin for "Light and Truth").