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Living at YaleLocated in the city of New Haven, Yale enjoys many of the advantages of a cosmopolitan center. The greater New Haven area has a population of almost half a million. New Haven is ninety minutes from New York City by train or car, and Boston is just over two hours away. This central location makes it possible for many distinguished visitors to come to Yale from both the United States and abroad, and the university is an integral part of the worldwide community of scholars.
Cultural and Recreational Opportunities
The Yale Repertory Theatre, a resident company made up of professional actors and directors and a number of advanced students of the School of Drama, presents several major productions each year at its own theater. The Long Wharf Repertory Theatre has gained a national reputation, and numerous nearby towns have summer stock productions. The Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest college-affiliated art museum in the United States. The Gallery contains outstanding collections of ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and modern art and sponsors numerous loan exhibits each year. The Yale Center for British Art brings to the University an extremely rich collection of British paintings, drawings, and sculpture from the Elizabethan period to the present together with a supporting library of books on British history and civilization. Over forty endowed lecture series are given at Yale each year on subjects ranging from anatomy to theology, and including virtually all disciplines. In addition, numerous seminars, colloquia, and public lectures are organized by both faculty and students and are open to all students of the Graduate School. The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is one of the world's largest indoor recreational facilities. It houses swimming pools, squash, racquetball, handball, basketball, and volleyball courts, weight and exercise rooms, jogging tracks, rowing tanks, a fencing salon, and steam and sauna complexes.
The Housing Office also maintains a computer listing of off-campus housing. This service is available only from Yale networked computers or by password to Yale community members who require computer access from outside the Yale network. Request password information from the Off-Campus Housing Office as well as through admissions offices or Yale department business managers. All students who accept admission to the Graduate School are sent information about university housing facilities and appropriate application forms. The International Center of New Haven maintains two semi-cooperative residences near the campus where students of all countries (including married students without children) may live. Applications should be made directly to the Director, International Center, 442 Temple Street, P.O. Box 208212, New Haven, CT 06520-8212. For more information, visit the International Center web site. Health Services
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The
university library system, third largest in the country, is made up of forty
libraries housed in thirty-five buildings. Almost 200,000 volumes are added
to the system each year, and Yale's library holdings now total over ten
million volumes. Approximately four million of these volumes are located in
the Sterling Memorial Library, which is the university's main library. Other
libraries include the Cross Campus Library, the Seeley G. Mudd Library and
Government Documents Collection, the Social Science Library and the EGC
Collection, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Yale
Information Technology Services (ITS) is the central academic computing
facility for the university and provides research and instructional
computing services to all members of the Yale Community. Its resources
include microcomputer clusters and a variety of related support services
throughout the campus. The main computing resource of interest to IDE
students is the
Yale has long been known for its training and work in the creative and
performing arts, and this leadership adds much to the cultural life of the
University and the community. Almost two hundred musical events take place
during the academic year, including the Woolsey Hall Concert Series, the
Sprague Hall Chamber Music Series, the New Haven Symphony concerts, and many
others presented by the faculty and students of Yale's Music School.
There
are two major graduate student residences for single men and women: the Hall
of Graduate Studies (320 York Street) located in the central part of the
Yale Campus and Helen Hadley Hall (420 Temple Street) located within a block
of the Economic Growth Center. Additional rooms for single students are
available in small on-campus residence halls. The university also maintains
a number of housing units for married students. Couples with children are
given preference. Detailed information can be obtained by going to the
The Yale Health Plan (YHP) is a
comprehensive multi-specialty group practice plan for the faculty, staff,
and students of Yale University. All Yale students are automatically
enrolled and are eligible to receive many YHP services, including primary
care, at no charge. You are required, however, to obtain additional coverage
for hospitalization and specialty care. You may also enroll your eligible
dependent in any of the plans for which you are eligible. YHP members
receive outpatient care at the Health Center which houses the offices of YHP
physicians and other YHP health professionals, a twenty-four hour urgent
visit area, a medical laboratory, a radiology suite, and a physical therapy
service. New student memberships begin on the day of registration. Further
information about eligibility and benefits may be obtained from Member
Services, Yale Health Plan, 17 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208237, New Haven,
CT 06520-8237 or by visiting the