Environmental research at Yale University
Yale University can trace its roots back to the 1640s when a colonial clergy man put all his efforts into establishing a college in Newhaven.
His aim was to preserve European liberal education in the New World.
It was fulfilled in 1701 when a charter was granted for a school where young men would receive instruction in Arts and Sciences. In 1718 the school was renamed Yale College, this was after the Welsh Merchant Elihu Yale who had donated the entire proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods and 417 books, also a portrait of King George 1.
In 1776 came the American Revolutionary War at the end of it in 1781 Yale College remained intact and at the end of one hundred years it had grown rapidly.
The college now became a University and The Yale School of Medicine was chartered in 1810, followed by the Divinity School in 1822, the Law School in 1824, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1847 (which, in 1861, awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States), followed by the schools of Art in 1869, Music in 1894, Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1900, Nursing in 1923, Drama in 1955, Architecture in 1972, and Management in 1974.
In the 1830s the first Latin American student enrolled, and in 1850 the first Chinese citizen earned a degree at the University.
Yale distinguished faculty includes many who have been trained or educated abroad and many whose fields of research have a global emphasis; In 1869 the University began admitting women students at the graduate level and as undergraduates in 1969.
Yale has now become one of the world great universities. Its 11,000 students come from all fifty American states and from 108 countries. The 3,200-member faculty is a richly diverse group of men and women who are leaders in their respective fields.
For more than 300 years, Yale has been committed to the education of leaders, both for the United States and increasingly for countries around the world. This requires that students develop a deep understanding of other societies. To that end, Yale has made the commitment to provide every undergraduate student with at least one opportunity to study, research, or work abroad during his or her Yale career.
Yale college undergraduate school is the heart of the University. More than 2,000 undergraduate courses in the liberal arts and sciences are offered each year by over sixty-five departments and programs. The faculty is dedicated to undergraduate teaching, and many of Yale most distinguished professors teach introductory-level courses.
As Yale looks toward the future, our aspirations require that we continue to build on the accomplishments of recent years to strengthen and broaden Yale capacity to contribute not only to the nation but also to the world.
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