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large high-ceiling space filled with hundreds of students. At bottom right edge white sign on black standing frame reads "Welcome to Yale College Academic Fair"
September 19, 2023
Members of the Class of 2027 filled the Commons during the Undergraduate Academic Fair to learn about the many opportunities available to them across campus.
Blonde woman with large glasses and white blouse leans on counter, smiling at camera. Student with dark hair and wire-rim glasses stands on other side of counter holding large yellow cardboard key that reads "Bass" at top
September 14, 2023
Yale Library Walking Tour offers incoming students a chance to learn about Yale’s many libraries and library resources—and a chance to win a private study space for the fall semester.
Three women gather around open book. A blond woman wearing dark blue dress stands next to a shorter woman wearing white shirt and black sweater and beige hijab. Woman, wearing black sweater and white shirt and maroon hijab, at far right points to open page in the book.
July 12, 2023
Graduate student with unique language skills begins the long-awaited cataloging of treasures from the Ottoman Turkish collection.
ng rod with a red bag as bait that reads "3 million" Two submerged whales swim toward the boat. A drawing of a seacoast is at far right and a masted ship is at far left.
July 8, 2023
AJ Laird ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 Senior Exhibit Fellowship, which offers the selected student an opportunity to create and curate an exhibit based on the topic of the senior essay.
Smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wire glasses, gold hoop earrings and blue short-sleeve shirt open at collar stands in courtyard with brick facade behind her and two grey figures in partial view of water fountain at left.
June 26, 2023
Three Kaplan Senior Essay Prizes awarded for essays based on research in special collections.
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June 12, 2023
Two prizewinning seniors illustrated their senior essays with maps they made themselves in support of their topic and thesis.
Young woman with long brown hair worn behind ears and down shoulders, wearing blue blouse with small white polka dots. Behind her at right is leaded glass window, stone wall, three thin tree trunks at right and top rail of a wooden bench with "Memory of Freder..." carved in front.
May 31, 2023
Accessing the library’s extensive collection of government materials, Sopie E. Edelstein ’23 wrote her winning essay about mental health care for the elderly in early 20th-century America.