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世界名校巡礼 (2005年1月27日)(组图)


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  Yale University is located in historic New Haven Connecticutaport city with a population of 125000 about 120kilometersnortheast of New York City and 240 kilometers southwestof Boston.Yale's roots can be traced back to the 1640s whencolonialclergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haventopreserve the tradition of European liberal education in theNewWorld. In 1718 the school was renamed ″Yale College″ ingratitudeto the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale who had donated theproceeds fromthe sale of nine bales of goods together with 417books and aportrait of King George I. Founded in 1701 theUniversity consistsof twelve schools Yale College the four-yearundergraduateschool the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciencesand tenprofessional schools. Yale College the heart of theUniversityprovides instruction in the liberal arts and sciences.More than2000 undergraduate courses are offered each year byoversixty-five departments and programs forming a curriculumofremarkable breadth and depth. The faculty is dedicatedtoundergraduate teaching a commitment for which Yale has longbeenwell known. Many of Yale's most distinguished professorsteachintroductory-level courses.

  Yale has matured into one of the world's great universities.Its11000 students come from all fifty American states and fromover110 countries. The 2000-mr faculty is a richly diverse groupofmen and women who are leaders in their respective fields.Thecentral campus now covers 170 acres 69 hectares stretchingfromthe Nursing School in downtown New Haven to tree-shadedresidentialneighborhoods around the Divinity School. Yale's 225buildingsinclude contributions from distinguished architects ofevery periodin its history. Styles range from New England Colonialto HighVictorian Gothic from Moorish Revival to contemporary.Yale'sbuildings towers lawns courtyards walkways gates andarchescomprise what one architecture critic has called ″themostbeautiful urban campus in America.″ Yale is in the midst ofthelargest investment in its facilities since the 1930s. A newSchoolof Art complex has opened and new science andenvironmentallaboratories as well as a new athletic center andstudentresidence have been erected. There have been majorrenovations ofboth historic academic buildings and theundergraduate residentialcolleges. In the decade ahead theUniversity will invest an equalamount in facility improvements forthe benefit of students andscholars alike.
世界名校巡礼(2005年1月27日)(组图)
世界名校巡礼(2005年1月27日)(组图)
世界名校巡礼(2005年1月27日)(组图)
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