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People of all ages are invited to visit the collections and enjoy the many public programs offered throughout the year. All of our libraries and museums are free, and most are open to the public. Check out their websites for hours and other key details.

The Yale Visitor Center is the front door of the university and welcomes its visitors from around the world. We are located at  149 Elm Street  and are open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Visitor Center will be closed on Thursday July 4, 2024 (Independence Day) in observance of the official Yale University holiday.

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Yale’s most celebrated resident calls the Visitor Center home during the day and loves to meet new people. If he isn’t out making an appearance, you can catch Handsome Dan at the Visitor Center.

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Interested in applying for the hottest student job on campus? We hire a new class of student tour guides each year and encourage you to apply. Applicants must undergo an initial interview and do an audition tour in order to be considered. Learn more by contacting Nancy Franco at [email protected] .

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Yale Campus Tours, Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm St., New Haven. Student-led walking tours of Yale Campus, last 1 hour and 15 minutes and covers history, architecture and student life. Visitors see the Old Campus, several residential colleges, Sterling Memorial Library and other locations of interest. Maps of the campus are available at the Center. Free. Center Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 1:30 p.m. 203-432-2300, yale.edu/visitor

• Self-Guided Tours: Purchase a copy of the Blue Trail map, which includes a suggested self-guided tour route, and a brief history of the University.
• Special Groups by Appointment: Large groups visiting the campus can arrange to have a tour specifically suited to their group's interest and time schedule. For each group up to 25 people, there will be a $40 fee. Contact the Visitor Center at least two weeks prior to the tour.
• Kids Architectural Treasure Hunt: Parents taking the campus tour with children ages 6-11 can request a brochure that encourages the children to hunt for architectural details and designs. Call for group tour information.
• Public Art at Yale, start at Old Campus, College Street. Includes statue of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale and Maya Lin’s The Women’s Table. Pick up a self-guided tour booklet at Yale Visitor Center. yale.edu/publicart

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Yale Campus Tours: All Your Options on How to Tour Yale University

(Updated October 2022, Originally Posted March 2021) Whether you’re visiting New Haven as a tourist or as a prospective student, touring Yale’s incredible campus in the heart of the city is one of the best (and free) activities to do here. Catch a glimpse into what life is like as a student at this world-class institution and soak in the bustling atmosphere of thriving campus life.  Yale’s official campus tours are the perfect opportunity to find out what student life is like, what campus clubs are available and what special features each college has to offer.

Here are 4 key pieces of advice for taking a tour at Yale University:

• Get there early to ensure you have a spot on the tour!
• Dress appropriately for outdoor touring.
• Go to the restrooms in the Visitor Center or the Office of Undergraduate Admissions before your tour begins. The 60-75 minute tours don’t have pit stops!
• Speak to your student guides. They are super friendly and are happy to answer your questions about their experiences.

Tour as a prospective student

Take in the sights of Yale’s campus through the eyes of a residing student and see if you can imagine yourself becoming one! September through May, Monday through Saturday, you can tour the residential colleges, libraries, green spaces and historical landmarks all while chatting with your student guide.

The university also offers specialized science and engineering tours that are led by students studying in those fields. Find out about the exciting programs, projects and research currently taking place in their labs.

All the sessions for prospective Yalies start at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (38 Hillhouse Ave). If you’re walking there from New Haven Green, stop at the Blue State Coffee on Wall Street, a student hot spot opposite Silliman College, for a drink to go!

Alongside tours, there are many admissions events that you can join throughout the year including visiting a class and requesting an on-campus interview. Check out the admissions website for schedules and registration.

Tour as a visitor

From the Visitor Center on one side of New Haven Green (149 Elm Street), you can take your spot on one of the campus tours.  The tour starts with a very informative and playful video that gives a broad overview of what this university has to offer its students.  This 60-minute walking tour covers central campus and shares plenty of interesting details about Yale’s 300-year history as well as what life is like through the eyes of the student guide. Take a look in one of the 14 residential colleges, the impressive record-breaking libraries and walk the paths previously taken by Yale’s many famous alumni.

One of the best parts of the walking tours is getting to hear from the student guides!  Take advantage of your time to ask them questions and hear about their classes, extra-curriculars and student life in New Haven. Wondering where to go next for a snack or directions around the downtown area? Your guide will be happy to help!

Tours during the current COVID pandemic (updated July 2022)

Yale University once again offers in person tours! COVID-19 vaccination is required for visitors 5 and older.

You can book a tour online to register for a campus tour.

Whether it’s in person or virtual, Yale University is an impressive place to visit. When you get the chance, I highly recommend enjoying the sights in person! Even if it’s not through an official tour, Yale’s campus is a beautiful place to walk through all year round.

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Welcome to Yale Law School! Tours led by current students at Yale Law School depart from the main entrance at 127 Wall Street every Monday and Friday during the academic year. Attendees must register in advance .

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The Mead Visitor Center is the front door of Yale University and welcomes its visitors from around the world. It is located at 149 Elm Street, across from the New Haven Green. Drop by for information about Yale or to take a guided walking tour led by Yale College undergraduates. Tours are free and open to the public and depart from the Center at 10:30am and 2:00pm (weekdays) and at 1:30pm (weekends). 

For more information, you can contact the Visitor Information Center at (203) 432-2300.

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Yale College last month welcomed 1,554 new first-year students to New Haven as members of the Class of 2028. They were joined by 23 new transfer students and 26 new adult students matriculating through the Eli Whitney Students Program.

Among the new students are graduates of more than 1,100 high schools, 20 veterans of the U.S. military, and 23 students who were most recently enrolled at a community college.

More than 385 first-year students (25%) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant for lower-income students, and 21% will be part of the first generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college. A majority (54%) are U.S. citizens or permanent residents who identify as a member of a minority racial or ethnic group. A complete profile of the class from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is available here .

“ Yale College’s newest students bring with them an extraordinary collection of interests, ambitions, and talents that will enrich the undergraduate learning environment,” said Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid. “I am especially excited that the Class of 2028 includes the greatest representation of first-generation and low-income students on record, and that Yale College now enrolls more veterans than it has in many decades.”

Sustaining a commitment to diversity in a new legal landscape

Quinlan noted that the admissions office made several changes to its selection process in response to the June 2023 Supreme Court ruling on the use of race in admissions. This year application reviewers did not have access to self-identified race and/or ethnicity data for applicants, and admissions officers involved in selection did not have access to aggregate data on the racial or ethnic composition of the pool of applicants or admitted students. All individuals involved in the selection process — including admissions officers, faculty participating in admissions committee meetings, and volunteer alumni interviewers — received new training on complying with the ruling.

These changes and others were detailed in a message to the Yale community last September in which Quinlan and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis identified three priorities for the college’s response to the ruling: “fully complying with the law, continuing to support a diverse and inclusive community, and maintaining a world-class admissions process that considers each applicant as an individual.”

In that message, the admissions office also announced several new initiatives designed to expand Yale’s outreach to prospective students and to develop new talent pipelines. Although some initiatives had not launched before the current group of incoming students applied, Quinlan said the admissions office received a record number of applications — more than 60,000 for the first-year, transfer, and Eli Whitney admissions programs combined. The pool also included the most applications ever from students who identify as members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

Exceptional talent, myriad backgrounds

The newest Yalies arrived in New Haven from 52 U.S. states and territories and from 55 countries. Almost half (49%) reported that they speak a language other than English as their first language or as the language in their home.

As applicants, students in the first-year class were invited to list up to three Yale majors that fit their academic interests. Collectively, they expressed interest in pursuing 83 distinct Yale College majors. Roughly a quarter (23%) of the students listed an arts and humanities major as their first interest. A similar proportion (28%) chose a social science major. Just under half of the class listed a STEM major: 33% opted for physical sciences or engineering, and 17% selected one of five life science majors. More than 98% of incoming students listed multiple majors of interest, and 87% selected three majors spanning two or more academic categories, such as history, computer science, and environmental studies or applied math, political science, and global affairs.

Benefiting from an expanded commitment to affordability

More than 58% of the new students are receiving need-based financial aid from Yale, with an average scholarship of over $74,000 for the 2024-25 academic year. Students from families with annual incomes below $75,000 and typical assets qualify for a financial aid award with a “zero parent share.” These awards cover the full cost of tuition, housing, the meal plan, travel, hospitalization insurance, and a $2,000 startup grant with scholarship funds. Approximately 330 new first-year students (21%) qualified for one of these awards.

“ The mission of the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid is to make a Yale College education affordable for all admitted students,” said Kari DiFonzo, director of undergraduate financial aid, who recently completed her first year at Yale. DiFonzo also shared that, in a new program introduced earlier this year, all admitted and enrolled students were assigned a personal financial aid counselor to provide support and assist families through the process of finalizing financial aid offers or requesting a review.

The newest Yalies are benefiting from recent enhancements to undergraduate financial aid policies that have added millions of dollars to the annual financial aid budget and have reduced costs for thousands of students. Last year Yale was recognized as a national leader in increasing the representation of lower-income students. More than one in three Yale College undergraduates are now first-generation college students or are from a lower-income family.

Making a smooth transition

While new first years met their first-year counselors and residential college communities on Sunday, Aug. 18, many new students began their transition to Yale earlier still.

Last April, more than 1,500 admitted students attended Bulldog Days and Bulldog Saturday, the admissions office’s signature on-campus visit programs. More than 500 current students volunteered to host visiting students in their residential college suites, and more than 100 faculty participated in the popular Bulldog Days academic fair.

Over the summer, nearly 100 students participated in the six-week First-Year Scholars at Yale (FSY) program, which provides an accelerated transition to Yale for a select group of incoming students from lower-income households. FSY participants complete English and mathematics coursework and participate in advising sessions, skills workshops, faculty lectures, and in-person meetings with deans and campus leaders. The free program was launched in 2013 and has served more than 500 Yalies over 12 summers.

More than 200 incoming students also participated in Online Experiences for Yale Scholars (ONEXYS) a free virtual math program that introduces quantitative concepts and skills used in many Yale math, physical science, and social science courses.

After arriving on campus, each new student participated in one of nine distinctive Camp Yale Programs (CYPs) designed to cultivate an early sense of belonging among incoming students. These programs include BUILD, at the CEID (Yale Center for Engineering Innovation & Design); Camp Yale Arts, at the Yale University Art Gallery and Center for Collaborative Arts and Media; Cultural Connections (CC); FOCUS on New Haven; First-Year Outdoor Orientation Trips (FOOT); Harvest; LAUNCH; Orientation for International Students (OIS); and Yale Reserved. Since 2022, Yale has covered all costs associated with the programs.

Many new students will see their families again this month for the Yale College Family Weekend scheduled for Sept. 27-29.

Dean Lewis, who recently welcomed new students with an address on citizenship and liberal education , underscored that “the Yale College experience is strengthened by the diversity of our undergraduate community” and that “our newest students will learn invaluable lessons from their peers while developing the skills that will prepare them to lead and serve.”

“ We’re delighted,” he said, “that they chose Yale.”

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Welcome to a new academic year at Yale! As we dive into classes, research, and campus life, it’s important to also refresh our cybersecurity practices. Cybercriminals often see this busy time as an opportunity to strike. The good news? By adopting some simple habits, we can all help keep Yale’s data and systems safe.

Your Role in Keeping Yale Safe

Remember, Yale’s systems can’t do all the heavy lifting alone. You’re our eyes and ears for spotting suspicious activity. Plus, small actions—like applying updates and being cautious of phishing emails—can go a long way in building strong cyber habits that protect us all.

This month’s tip highlights five essential cybersecurity practices to kick off the semester on the right (cyber-safe) foot!

1. Know Your Risk

At Yale, each of us plays a role in protecting sensitive information – whether it’s student records, research data, or institutional files. Understanding your responsibility and the risks involved helps prevent unauthorized access to Yale’s data. Think of it this way: if someone gets unauthorized access to your data, it can impact not just you but the entire Yale community. 

Call to Action: Take a moment to consider how your actions – whether online or offline – can impact Yale’s cybersecurity. When handling Yale’s data, be sure to only use secure services . Visit our Know Your Risk webpage for additional tips.

2. Click with Caution

Phishing emails and suspicious links are everywhere, especially during the hustle and bustle of a new semester. Trust your gut – if something feels off or unexpected, don’t click. Scammers rely on you reacting quickly, but a pause can save you and Yale a lot of headaches.

Call to Action: Review our Click with Caution webpage to learn about our Recognize, Relax, Rethink model. It can help you pause and determine the best course of action when you receive an unexpected email.

3. Protect Your Identity

Your digital identity is the gateway to everything you do online. Creating strong passwords, enabling multifactor authentication (MFA), and using secure logins are essential to keeping your accounts safe from hackers. Think of MFA as locking your door with two bolts instead of one.

Call to Action: Update any weak or reused passwords to keep your digital identity locked down. Ensure you are using MFA for all your personal accounts for added security. Review all our tips on our Protect Your Identity webpage.

4. Apply Updates

One of the easiest ways to stay ahead of cybercriminals is by keeping your devices and applications up to date. System and software updates aren’t just about getting the latest features; they fix security vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.

Call to Action: Turn on automatic updates for your devices to boost security. And don’t forget to enable automatic updates on your home devices too. Review our Apply Updates webpage for details.

5. Report an Incident

If you see something suspicious, be safe not sorry, don’t ignore it! Whether it's a strange email or unexpected behavior on your device, report it to the Information Security Office right away. Quick action can prevent a small issue from becoming a big one.

Call to Action: Use our Report an Incident page to familiarize yourself with how to report incidents – from suspicious emails to lost or stolen devices. Thank you for your proactive role in keeping Yale’s data and systems safe this semester. By adopting these five cybersecurity essentials, you can make a real difference!

Here’s to a successful - and cyber safe - academic year!

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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this year at Yale, the focus is training. We’re introducing a self-paced cybersecurity awareness training curriculum.

Each week we’re also offering fun activities and chances to win exclusive swag. If you complete the training, you’ll also gain access to a special invitation-only trivia game for a chance to win an extra special prize!

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Yale Schwarzman Center Announces Bold, Eclectic Mix of Music, Dance, Immersive Theater in Fall 2024 Season

From left: (1) Hub New Music, Photo: Clay Larsen; (2) Trajal Harrell, Photo: Orpheas Emirzas; (3) Soles of Duende, Photo: Mike Esperanza

NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 29, 2024 —Celebrating themes of illumination, site-specific work and artists who collaborate across disciplines, Executive Director Rachel Fine and Associate Artistic Director Jennifer Harrison Newman today will announce the fall 2024 programming at Yale Schwarzman Center. With most performances free and open to the public, the Schwarzman Center’s fall line-up offers diverse and unique opportunities to experience vibrant and immersive programs that provoke discussion, encourage community connection, evoke joy, and stir new thoughts and feelings that extend well beyond the performance. See https://schwarzman.yale.edu

Fine said, "Our third season underscores the major influences of the Schwarzman Center's distinctive architecture and non-traditional performance spaces on our artistic programs. These programs blend cultures, strengthen communities, and evoke joy by cross-pollinating art forms, blurring boundaries and taking full advantage of our multiuse flexible venues. The Schwarzman Center continues to feature both emerging and established artists - from near and far - whose commitment to exploration and experimentation shapes how their work is created and shared with the Yale and New Haven communities."

Highlights of the fall 2024 season include:

Trajal Harrell

Switzerland-based American dancer Trajal Harrell returns to New Haven for a rare U.S. appearance — his first at Yale since graduating from the university in 1990—with two tender, personal and emotionally charged performances, a moderated talk, and a public workshop led by a member of Trajal’s dance company. The first performance, held at the Schwarzman Center, presents Harrell’s interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s best-selling, gospel-infused jazz piano performance, The Köln Concert . Music of Joni Mitchell sets the stage before The Köln Concert as Harrell and seven dancers showcase a way for people to meet despite different languages, world views, life stations and identities. The second performance, held at the Yale School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Gallery, is Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church , a series of work that examines a conversation between two very different kinds of dance both with roots in 1960s New York. A talk at the Yale University Art Gallery moderated by Curator Mark Mitchell explores Trajal’s career and inspirations as a dancer and choreographer. The appearance closes with a workshop, “The choreographic world of Trajal Harrel,” which introduces participants to the artist’s choreographic and performative practice as part of the Schwarzman Center’s EveryBody Dances masterclass series. Each performance showcases Harrell’s masterful storytelling, eclectic range and influence—from voguing and post-modern to ancient Greek mythology and Japanese butoh dance—earning him the acclaim as “the next Martha Graham.” (HuffPost).  September 21-24

Brooklyn Rider

Launching its 20th anniversary season, Brooklyn Rider draws on some of its nascent days as master interpreters of composer Philip Glass and brings the first-ever performance of Glass's complete works for string quartet to the Schwarzman Center. “As we play Glass,” describes the ensemble, “we are pulled into a world where our sensitivities blend, are transparent and our tone takes on a heightened color based on the synergistic combination of interlocking patterns and elemental harmonies.” The work blends the gossamer-like voices of classical music and the pulsating energy of New York with the drone-base textures of world music to create a stimulating performance. The quartet has performed in venues from New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center to Mexico City’s Deco masterpiece, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, and earned praise from classical and rock fans alike as “the future of chamber music” (Strings).   October 8 & 9

Keegon Schuett, Yale Drama Series Prize and Artistic Congress

“There’s a lot of magic that happens in our world if you know how to really see it,” said Keegon Schuett , winner of the 2024 Yale Drama Series Prize, for the new play, this dry spell. This deeply personal new work celebrates trans identity at a time when many places would like to erase it. this dry spell confronts the difficulty of existing in modern life as well as the magic it takes to define yourself. Is the desert a place for love to finally grow or are they both just waiting for rain? this dry spell aims to provide nourishment to those hiding in the shadows and for understanding and recognition that creates space for all. A world premiere professional staged reading will be featured as part of The Artistic Congress , presented by Long Wharf Theatre in partnership with the Schwarzman Center. Schuett will also be honored by the David Charles Horn Foundation with the Prize. October 25

Jeremy Denk

Jeremy Denk , one of the world’s foremost pianists is, proclaims The New York Times, “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.” In this solo recital, Denk—who is well known for his interpretations of the music of Connecticut composer Charles Ives—celebrates Ives’s 150th birthday with an eclectic program featuring Ives’s Concord Sonata. One of America’s most quintessential sonatas, the Concord is known for its extreme technical difficulties making it a great challenge for any pianist. In addition, Denk will perform a variety of other fantastic works, ranging from Scott Joplin to Nina Simone. This recital is presented in partnership with the Yale School of Music. Tickets are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. October 26

MƆɹNIŊ [Mourning//Morning]

Called “part scientific exposition, part imaginative flight of fancy” by The Wall Street Journal, MƆɹNIŊ [Mourning//Morning] is an experimental, linear, and fast-paced opera set in a world in which all humans have disappeared from Earth. An ensemble of five vocalists/instrumentalists bear witness and guide the audience through the changes on Earth as it moves through its life cycle over thousands, millions, and even billions of years, in this fantastical and playful exploration into the political and ethical contradictions that structure current human relations with nature. This Yale Schwarzman Center program will be the first theatrical event held in the newly renovated and reopened Yale Peabody Museum. November 4

Abdullah Ibrahim Trio

The Schwarzman Center partners with the Shubert Theater to present the Abdullah Ibrahim Trio , led by South Africa’s most distinguished pianist and composer now on a world tour at the age of 90.  Known for his colorful jazz compositions with international flair, this brilliant pianist blends jazz with Muslim and Christian spirituals to create the harmonies, textures, colors, and rhythms that have distinguished his compositions throughout his long career, distinguishing him as one of the world’s jazz greats. November 12

The Streetcar Project

Infused with rawness and nakedness, The Streetcar Project delivers an intimate production of Tennessee Williams’s haunting and iconic A Streetcar Named Desire with just four actors—Lucy Owen, Brad Koed, Mallory Portnoy, and Will Rogers—directed by Nick Westrate in a series of site-specific performances on the Yale campus, with the complete, unabridged text, and no costumes, props, or sets. Public performances will be held at Jonathan Edwards College and The Well. November 13-16

Hub New Music

Hub New Music —hailed as “contemporary chamber trailblazers” (Boston Globe)—brings its fresh take on familiar and new composers. With its unique mix of strings and woodwinds (flute, clarinet, violin and cello) Hub marked its tenth anniversary in 2023 with new commissioned works by an esteemed cohort of composers, whose work gives a snapshot of the music being written today. The culturally relevant body of work tailor-made for this distinct new music ensemble featured in Hub’s Schwarzman Center performance include composers Angélica Negrón, Nico Muhly, Donnacha Dennehy and Tyshawn Sorey. December 4 & 5

Soles of Duende

Bonded by their deep love of music, their crafts, and true connection, Soles of Duende is on a lifelong mission to elevate the joy and music of true collaboration across disciplines and the celebration of the forms they practice. Based in the sounds of tap (New Haven’s own Amanda Castro), flamenco (Arielle Rosales) and Kathak dance (Brinda Guha), Soles of Duende’s fire is the spirit that lives within each of these women to celebrate their connection given their beautiful differences and to uplift the forms that made them. Soles of Duende performs with a live band to create an infectious, inspiring, and stirring performance. December 14

A look ahead to the spring 2025 season:

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Singer, composer, storyteller, and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant is a unique voice “that radiates authority and delivers a set with almost a dramatic arc” (The New York Times). Though rooted in jazz, Salvant delivers hidden gems that span vaudeville, blues, global folk traditions, theater, jazz, and baroque. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Her recordings have won three GRAMMY® Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and have been nominated for three more. In 2020, Salvant received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award. January 20, 2025

Beyond performances:

The Schwarzman Center continues its widely-popular lunch series, Schwarzman Sessions—peer-led gatherings where conversations generate collaborations and move ideas to action. Some of this season’s featured guests include American journalist and photojournalist Ann Curry (September 27), host of La Brega podcast Alana Casanove-Burgess (October 3), and Pakistani-American visual artist Shazia Sikander (October 10). 

EveryBody Dances @ Yale Schwarzman Center brings local and visiting dance artists to the Center’s Dance Studio to teach public masterclasses in jazz, hip hop, salsa, fosse, krupp, butoh, majorette precision dance, and more. This season’s featured artists include Ondrej Vidlar of Trajal Harrell’s dance company (September 22) and Soles of Duende (December 15) among many local and national artists. 

Venue and Ticket Information:

Performances and events in the Schwarzman Center’s 2024-25 season are free, except as noted on the registration pages. More details about the 2024-25 season, including a full listing of performance dates can be found at https://schwarzman.yale.edu. For the most current information on all ticket releases and the full season line-up, subscribe to the Yale Schwarzman Center newsletter. 

Spring programming will be announced in January 2025.

About Yale Schwarzman Center

Based in New Haven, Connecticut, and located in the historic heart of the Yale University campus, Yale Schwarzman Center is a commons for university life where art, culinary, and wellness experiences converge to build bridges, nurture creativity, and foster kinship and belonging. Positioned at the crux of social cohesion, creativity, and self-expression, the Center includes several flexible spaces in which members of the Yale and New Haven communities engage through free, public programming that ranges from the intimate to the grand. The Center’s iconic building—constructed in 1901, rebirthed in 2022 following a renovation by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and recognized for excellence by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art—has recently been the site for world premieres and commissions by Nathalie Joachim, Bryce Dessner, and Ash Fure, to name a few. The Center’s impact extends well beyond its walls through programming and programmatic partnerships within its home city and across the country. https://schwarzman.yale.edu  

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