Economy may delay new colleges 1.15.09
For the new residential colleges, the 2013 opening date was always ambitious. And given the financial meltdown, that date is starting to look less and less realistic.
For the new residential colleges, the 2013 opening date was always ambitious. And given the financial meltdown, that date is starting to look less and less realistic.
Students concerned about the environmental sustainability of the two new residential colleges now have a forum for discussion, although University administrators said they were previously unaware of the committee’s formation.
Students assigned to Yale’s 13th and 14th residential colleges won’t be lonely in their perch at the base of Science Hill. While administrators have not said so publicly, the two new colleges will have more beds than any of the existing colleges, according to housing data obtained by the News.
Could the choice of a traditional architect to build Yale’s two new residential colleges actually betray the University’s tradition?
The selection of an architect was almost entirely based on discussions among members of the Yale Corporation, University President Richard Levin said Wednesday.
Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, has been commissioned to design Yale’s 13th and 14th residential colleges, the News has learned. University President Richard Levin confirmed the appointment when reached at home Wednesday night. A public announcement is scheduled for today, Levin said. “He’s the ideal person to do this job,” Levin...
In an interview with the News this summer, University President Richard Levin shed new light on the behind-the-scenes discussions on how to proceed with the expansion — and what has already been decided.
Less than a month after it officially embarked upon the addition of two new residential colleges, the University is close to choosing an architect for what will be Yale’s most prized commission in decades.
The Yale Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved the addition of two new residential colleges at their meeting earlier this month. But few other details were released at the time, with University officials explaining that little would develop regarding the college project until the fall. But in a wide-ranging interview with the News this weekend,...
The Yale Corporation this weekend authorized the addition of two new residential colleges, officially setting into motion the University's largest expansion since co-education four decades ago. Yale College will grow by about 15 percent as part of the expansion, which University President Richard Levin announced in an e-mail message to the community on Saturday morning....
A goal few knew Levin set forth 10 years ago.
In a vote that has become little more than a formality, the Yale Corporation this weekend is expected to approve the addition of two new residential colleges.