by Joshua on 04.15.2012
Recently, a lot of my friends have been tossing around the “one-half” idea. We’re sophomores (read: we’re old). Two years into college and we feel old.
No, maybe it’s not age. Maybe we just feel like we know this place. For almost two years, we have grown and Yale has grown. Exciting things are happening on campus: a new batch of Yale College Council Officers will be elected in the next few days, Yale will open a brand new college in Singapore in 2013, and two new residential colleges will open their doors to students in 2015. Yale is in motion.
by Lamtharn on 03.28.2012
Carbon nanotubes, hybrid photovoltaics, quantum dots or nanoparticles? Of the 800 labs I could choose from at Yale, it came down to these four. Which lab to choose? I didn’t realize it would be so easy to get in contact with professors and learn about their research!
by Lamtharn on 03.28.2012
Over spring break, I had the opportunity to attend the “50th New England Complex Fluids Workshop” held annually at Yale. My lab professor–Professor Eric Dufresne, who I will be working with this summer–is on the organizing committee for the conference. He thought the workshop would be a good opportunity for me to learn more about the world of Soft Matter Physics.
by Lamtharn on 03.28.2012
I had only heard about Scanning Electron Microscopes in textbooks until I saw a real one last week. Better still, the SEM was used to analyze nanoparticles I had made!
by Noam on 03.28.2012
One of my favorite classes this semester is called Survey of Theater & Drama. The class tracks the development of theater from ancient religious rituals to theater in the 21st Century. As part of the class, we are studying the origins of the American musical. One of the musicals that we are looking at is George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin’s 1935 musical Porgy and Bess.
by Michelle on 02.13.2012
In the midst of a chaotic midterm season, I found myself seated in an elaborately decorated room with a classmate. But rather than stressing over looming deadlines and late night study sessions, we found ourselves enchanted by scents of the apartment. We didn’t spend that night cramming for quizzes. Instead, we discussed the Spring Revolution with our professor, the former Egyptian ambassador, over a home cooked Egyptian meal. It was then that I truly realized what the vague phrase “undergraduate focus” really meant.
by Snigdha on 02.03.2012
I was watching a Star Wars marathon a few days after I got back from Yale to good old chilly New York City aka my home. I had never seen the movies sequentially, and I was more than happy to devote over 18 hours of my life (over two days!) to see all the pieces fall into place, to see the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker, the wisdom of Yoda, the mentorship of Obi-Wan. But if there was any one quote—of the several quotable quotes—that stayed with me, it was what Yoda said to Luke Skywalker as he trained young Luke to master the force.
by Joshua on 01.19.2012
Friends, I have a confession. For those readers who have kept up with my blog over the past year and a half, you may have noticed a trend. Somehow, one way or another, I always end up talking about at least one of Yale’s libraries.
by Michelle on 12.17.2011
Anyone who has ever taken a tour, opened a brochure, or googled “Yale“, knows that we’ve got some pretty neat libraries. Take Sterling Memorial Library for example: situated in the center of campus in all its shining neo-Gothic glory, Sterling attracts students, tourists, and photographers. Or if you gravitate towards more modern architecture, Beinecke Rare Books and Manu script Library adds an Avant-garde touch to the central quadrangle of campus.
by Joshua on 11.27.2011
Over the past year and a half, there have been a number of elements of the college experience that I’ve particularly appreciated. Whether it’s meeting peers from around the world, discovering unexpected interests, or rekindling overlooked passions, the university setting often provides an ideal medium. Within a liberal arts college, students have the opportunity to explore new possibilities, challenge themselves academically, and thrive as members of a community.
